The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c20.5

c20.5

—their very sight is considered impure ... 38, 38f, 264, 319 —their profession ... 320, 321 —as executioner ... 151, 318 —their dress ... 318, 320 —table leavings of the, considered impure ... 47sq., 182 —their language ... 320 —adopt the homeless condition ... 77 —atmospheric impurity caused by their presence... 40 Caṇḍāla flute ... 318, 318f Caṇḍāla village ... 318, 318f Candragupta ... 62, 101, 127, 333 Caravan drivers ... 272, 274 —hereditary character of their profession ... 276 —organisation of the, ... 276 Caravan trade ... 272 Carpenters ... 281, 327 Carriage builder ... 247f, 326, 328 Carriage driver ... 155 Carriers of corpses, Brâhmaṇa ... 10f Cart drivers, Brâhmaṇa ... 10f Caste ... 35 —expulsion from the, ... 48, 181 —definition of the modern caste ... 36, 37 —Brâhmaṇical theory concerning, ... 37 —the caste of the father as determining that of the son ... 5 Caste—Change of, ... 67f —Worthlessness of, ... 18, 20, 31 Castes, ethnical, ... 324 —low professional, ... 324 Chalmers, ... 19f, 89f, 213f Chief consort, ... 54, 58, 113, 124 Chief minister, ... 127, 144, 145 Childers, ... 115f, 149f, 206f, 243f City gate, person who closes the, ... 157 City watch, ... 43, 157 Class oppositions, not softened by Buddhism, ... 31, 335 Cobbler, ... 327 “Cock-holy,” ... 23f Conch-blower, ... 297