[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) › c17.6 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.6 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.6 - **Language:** English ### [c17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.6) Even the king’s cook (rañño sûda V. 292) does not hold an insignificant position in the royal household, at least not in that of a king who was such a “gourmand” as King Bhojanasuddhika,¹ whose dinners cost, according to the description in the Dûta Jâtaka (II. 319), 100,000 every time and consisted of a hundred different dishes. Still in the Kusa Jâtaka, the occupation of a cook is described as one to be practised by slaves or hired labourers (dāsakammakarehi kattabbam. V. 293). - [Previous: c17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.5) - [Next: c17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.7) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.260) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.6) · Pramāṇa