[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) › c8.2 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.2 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.2) If we first seek, on the basis of quotations which relate to castes in general, a conception of their meaning, and of their relation to one another, we are confronted at first sight with a circumstance which seems to give the lie direct to the introductory words—the circumstance, namely, that even in the Pali canon we find the Brâhmanical caste-theory. The division of Indian society into four castes is in no way unknown to Buddhist literature. - [Previous: c7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7.25) - [Next: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.3) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.2) · Pramāṇa