[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) › c7.17 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c7.17 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c7.17 - **Language:** English ### [c7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.17) III. 151 sq), we can get an idea of the multifariousness of the professions followed by them in spite of the prohibition. We thus meet with players (kitava), medical men (cikitsaka), butchers (mâṃsavikrayin), shopkeepers (vipaṇena jîvan) paid professions (preshyo grâmasya râjñaśca), usurers (vârddhushi), herdsmen (paśupâla) actors (kuśilava) singers (banâin), oilmillers (tailika), dealers in spices (rasavikrayin), makers of bows and arrows (dhanuḥśarâṇâm kartâ) restrainers of elephant, cattle, horses and camels (hastigośvoṣṭradamaka), astrologers, tamers of birds, instructors in the use of the weapons (yuddhâcârya), architects, tamers of dogs (śvakṛiḍin), falconers (śyenajîvin), agriculturists (kṛishijîvin) and even carriers of corpses (pretaniryâtaka)—Now-a-days one can find, as stated in Nesfield's \*Brief View of the caste system of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh\*, Allahabad, 1885, Brâhmaṇas following any paid profession, with the exception of such as bring on religious defilement and eventually, loss of caste, such as, for example, that of a sweeper or a washerman. We find them following the occupation of a water-carrier, cook, cart-driver, watchman, field-watch, postman, policeman, professional singer, dancer, etc., etc. - [Previous: c7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.16) - [Next: c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.18) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.151) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.17) · Pramāṇa