[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) › c18.24 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.24 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.24 - **Language:** English ### [c18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.24) We have enumerated above (p. 193 sq.) the occupation of hunters and fishermen among the professions which from their very nature resist a castelike organisation; if, however, this in-itself despised profession is followed by an entire branch of a low race, then such a group, held together by unity of profession or race and separated from the rest of the population, takes the appearance of a caste and is regarded in all such cases as such by the Indians. This is the case also with the Nesâdas; along with the Caṇḍâlas, Veṇas, Rathakâras and Pukkusas they are introduced in the Assalâyana Sutta¹ as a low caste. Despised and avoided, they must, like the Caṇḍâlas, live outside the town. A Nesâda lives not far from the town of Sakuḷa in the Mahimsaka kingdom in a Nesâda village (nagarato avidûre ekasmim nesâdagâmake V. 337); he sells the birds which he caught with a noose in the city and in this way maintains himself. - [Previous: c18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.23) - [Next: c18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.25) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18) ## Linked texts (2) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Assalāyanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.93) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.24) · Pramāṇa