[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897) › c17.38 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.38 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.38 - **Language:** English ### [c17.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.38) Here is given us in a brief form the picture of the life of an Indian tramp and of the sphere in which his destiny unfolded itself: dancers, hunters, club-fighters, players—this is the society in which the adventurous period of his life is spent. Finally, after trying all possible occupations he earns his living by begging as a fraudulent ascetic (duṭṭha-tāpasa). - [Previous: c17.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.37) - [Next: c17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.39) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.38) · Pramāṇa