The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.77

c8.77

¹ Cf. Dhammapadam, ed. Fausböll p. 155. For the explanation of the expression "Khattiya-formula "(Khattiyamâyâ) a practice prevailing among modern castes may be cited, which Jacobi mentions in the "Zeitschrift d. Deutsch. Morgen. Gesellschaft" Vol. 48. p. 417 According to an oral communication from Mr. Grierson, caste in Behar has got its own epic song, romance or ballad, of which everybody knows something and very few know everything.