[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) › c18.9 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.9 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.9 - **Language:** English ### [c18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.9) “But the residences of the Caṇḍâlas ”—so it is said in Manu (X. 51 sq.)—“should be outside the village, their dress should consist of garments of the dead : they must eat their food out of broken pots ; black iron should be their ornament and always they must wander from place to place. A man who fulfils a religious duty should not seek intercourse with them ; their business they should conduct among themselves and their marriages they must contract with their equals. - [Previous: c18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.8) - [Next: c18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.10) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18.9) · Pramāṇa