[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) › c8.19 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.19 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.19 - **Language:** English ### [c8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.19) “If when a man knew a thousand Vedas and yet could not be free from misery, so long as he did not know the right path, my opinion is, that the Vedas are useless, the path of self-restraint is the truth”. - [Previous: c8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.18) - [Next: c8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.20) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.19) · Pramāṇa