[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) › c18.40 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.40 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.40 - **Language:** English ### [c18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.40) In the introduction to the Sigâla Jâtaka, it is narrated how the son of a barber living in Vesâli (nahâpitaputta II. 5) falls in love with a Licchavi princess and explains to his father that he would die if he did not get her for wife. The father replies to him, "My son, don't fix your desires upon impossible things; you are the son of a barber and of low caste (hînajacca), the Licchavi princess is of high birth (jâtisampanna) as the daughter of a Khattiya and no possible party for you. I will seek another girl for you who will suit you in caste and family." - [Previous: c18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.39) - [Next: c18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.41) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.152) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.40) · Pramāṇa