[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) › c7.25 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c7.25 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c7.25 - **Language:** English ### [c7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.25) For these reasons—so it seems to me at least—the picture of Indian society, as we obtain it from the Pali texts and principally, from the Jâtakas, is more life-like and true than that which the Brâhmaṇas through their one-sided exaltation of their own caste have given us and so we may hope to get some material from our sources which can throw light upon the caste-relations in eastern India. - [Previous: c7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.24) - [Next: c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.2) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.25) · Pramāṇa