[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) › c18.22 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.22 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.22 - **Language:** English ### [c18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.22) ¹ To these Pukkusas belonged manifestly also the elder Sunīta before his adoption of monkhood, who says in the Theragāthā of himself: "Of low family am I, I was poor and needy. Low was the work which I did, namely, that of removing faded flowers (from temples and palaces). I was despised by men, held in low esteem and reproved." Cf. Oldenberg, Buddha p. 159, Remark. - [Previous: c18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.21) - [Next: c18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.23) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Theragāthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.theragatha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.22) · Pramāṇa