[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) › c18.41 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.41 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.41 - **Language:** English ### [c18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.41) A further example of the low esteem in which the barber was held is afforded by another instance: the mother of King Brahmadatta calls the ascetic Gaṅgamâla, a former barber, "the son of a filth-cleaning barber born of a low caste" (hînajacco malamajjano nahâpita-putto II. 452) and adds the verse: - [Previous: c18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.40) - [Next: c18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.42) - [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.300) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.41) · Pramāṇa