[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) › c8.75 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.75 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.75 - **Language:** English ### [c8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.75) If we can thus see in the practices mentioned here, an essential and permanent characteristic of the caste, we shall—in order now to pass to the caste-relations, as they are described in the Jâtakas—look here for their presence. The scrupulous care with which the proximity of a person belonging to a despised or even a very low caste is avoided is evident in numerous instances contained in the Jâtakas. - [Previous: c8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.74) - [Next: c8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.76) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.75) · Pramāṇa