The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.18

c18.18

Of the "marks by order of the king" mentioned in Manu, we know nothing from our text. Still even according to the Jâtakas, the Caṇḍâlas appear to be known outwardly as such by their dress: "clad in a bad under-garment of a red colour round which a belt is tied: above this a dirty upper garment, an earthen pot in hand"—so in Mâtaṅga Jâtaka (IV. 379) the exterior of a Caṇḍâla is described.