The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.20

c18.20

With the exception of the account of the two flute-players mentioned above, the Jâtakas contain no detailed account of the professional work of the Caṇḍâla. According to the commentary on the Sīlavīmaṃsa Jātaka, there are people who are engaged in carrying corpses (chavachaḍḍaka III. 195); still it is doubtful whether this work which was also indicated for them in the Brahmanical theory, was in reality their only occupation, although their low stage of culture debarred them from practising any higher profession, even that of an artisan.