[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) › c8.100.3 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.100.3 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.100.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.100.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.100.3) Just at this time, however, a slave washes the place where he has eaten with milk water¹ and cries aloud, "At this place the son of the slave Vâsabhakhattiyâ has eaten." A man belonging to the retinue of the prince who has forgotten to take his weapons and returns, hears this insulting cry, asks for its cause and when he has heard the whole story, narrates it to others. Thus, the Kosala king also learns of the descent of his wife from a slave; in a fit of wrath, he divests her and her son of all honour and throws them in the company of slaves only. Some days later Buddha comes to the place and he narrates to him the incident, complaining of the deceit practised upon him by his kinsmen. The master replies that no doubt the Sâkiyas have done wrong, they ought to have given him a girl of the same caste, but that his wife is a king's daughter and the marriage took place in the house of a khattiya king and his son also is a king's son : for—he adds—" the old wise men acted according to the principle : \*the family of the mother does not matter ; the family of the father alone is important\* (mâtigottam nâma kim karissati, pitigottam eva pamânam) and cites as proof the Kaṭṭhahâri Jâtaka. - [Previous: c8.100.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.100.2) - [Next: c8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.101) - [Up: c8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.100) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.100.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.100.3) · Pramāṇa