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# The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.14

The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.14

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### [c18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.14)

The Caṇḍâlas of our text live outside the town (bahinagare, IV. 376) in a village (caṇḍâ-lagâmaka, IV. 200, 390) by themselves.¹ Two Caṇḍâla brothers who know how to blow a Caṇḍâla flute must show their art outside the city gate; the one plays at the northern, the other at the eastern gate.

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.497) — Pāli

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