[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) › c8.15 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.15 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.15 - **Language:** English ### [c8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.15) “These here, who wear coarse skins, have long tufts of hair and recite verses with unclean teeth and dirty face, are they really, as they recognise this (that is, penances) as the duty of men, free from misery?” - [Previous: c8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.14) - [Next: c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.16) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.15) · Pramāṇa