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# The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c20.29

The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c20.29

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### [c20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c20.29)

| | PAGE. |  
| Mahâpiṅgala . . . . .  156 |  
| Mahâsammata . . . . .  34 |  
| Mahimsaka kingdom . . . . .  323 |  
| Malla . . . . .  7, 8, 13, 80, 136 |  
| Mallaki princes, nine, in Kâśi kingdom ... 136 |  
| Maṇḍavyakumâra . . . . .  95f |  
| Manual work, attitude of the Aryans towards, ... 325, 325f |  
| —Importance of heredity for, ... ... 278 |  
| Marriage, of a Brâhmaṇa's son with a khattiya's daughter... 88 |  
| —of a dvija with a śûdrâ... ... ... 57 |  
| —customs relating to, ... ... ... 51 |  
| —within the jâti was the rule ... ... 51 |  
| —between a Brâhmaṇa and a śûdrâ ... ... 57 |  
| —between one caste and another forbidden ... 57 |  
| Matsya . . . . .  11 |  
| Megasthenes . . . . .  2, 2f, 62, 137, 333 |  
| Messenger, Brâhmaṇa ... ... ... 10f, 217, 218, 223 |  
| Method of teaching, Brahmanical ... ... 205, 206 |  
| Military science . . . . .  90 |  
| Ministers . . . . .  98, 103, 140sq. |  
| —exercise of power by the, ... ... 141 |  
| —as opposed to the Brâhmaṇas ... ... 142 |  
| —their caste . . . . .  143, 144 |  
| —participate in the administration of justice ... 111 |  
| —election of the king by the, ... ... 125sq. |  
| —at the head of guilds ... ... ... 275 |  
| Mixed castes . . . . .  5sq., 30f, 332 |  
| Money-lender . . . . .  267 |  
| Musical tournament . . . . .  291 |

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