[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) › c7.5 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c7.5 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c7.5 - **Language:** English ### [c7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.5) ² So writes Max Duncker, Geschichte des Alterthums, 4th Edition, Vol. III, p. 319. "When the Greeks give seven instead of four castes, when the officials, the spies and the artisans, and lastly, the hunters and the shepherds are designated as separate classes by them, this error arises from the reason that they look upon these as caste-divisions." Cf. further Lassen, Indische Alterthumskunde, 2nd edition, Vol. II, p.715, "Why he (Megasthenes) took seven instead of four is not clear." - [Previous: c7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.4) - [Next: c7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.6) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.5) · Pramāṇa