[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) › c18.38 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.38 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.38 - **Language:** English ### [c18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.38) As the last of the despised professions the occupation of a barber (nahâpitasippa) is mentioned in the Suttavibhaṅga. In this business, we do not look for the reason of its lowness to any ethnical relations: the duties connected with it and which are to some extent dirty show the barber \*ipso facto\* as occupying a low position and place him almost in the same line with the temple-cleaning Pukkusas.² - [Previous: c18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.37) - [Next: c18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.39) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.38) · Pramāṇa