[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) › c8.56 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.56 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.56 - **Language:** English ### [c8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.56) ¹ cf. Koeppen (\*Die Religion des Buddha\*, Berlin Vol. I. p. 127 sq) against whom the unjustified polemic has been thrust by Hopkins (\*The Religions of India\*, Boston and London, 1895 p. 586 note) that he saw in Buddha an emancipator, a political reformer. Cf. further Oldenberg's \*Buddha\* p. 155 sq—When even in the second edition of Ratzel's \*Völkerkunde\* (Leipzig and Vienna 1895 p. 599), it is said of Buddhism that it "abolished the castes" and not "that it was in a position to check its further growth," it is hoped that it will not be considered beating the air if I polemise against this conception. - [Previous: c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.55) - [Next: c8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.57) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.56) · Pramāṇa