[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) › c18.13 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.13 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.13 - **Language:** English ### [c18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.13) The contempt with which the authors of the lawbooks who were Brâhmaṇas looked upon the lower classes of people, and the attempt to confirm them in their low position by legal prescriptions may have caused them to select purposively dark colours for the sketch they made of the Caṇḍâla, whilst the Jâtakas show that the reality was not far different from the priestly theory. - [Previous: c18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.12) - [Next: c18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.14) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.13) · Pramāṇa