[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) › c17.43 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.43 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.43 - **Language:** English ### [c17.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.43) ¹ = Skr. kaivarta, by which, as we saw above, in the Brahmanical system, a certain mixed caste is understood. Kewat is even in these days a name of a class of fishermen. Cf. Nesfield, Caste System, p. 9. - [Previous: c17.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.42) - [Next: c17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.44) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.43) · Pramāṇa