[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) › c8.93 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.93 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.93 - **Language:** English ### [c8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.93) ² Acc. to Manu XI. 149, a Brāhmaṇa who had drunk water which had previously been drunk by a Śūdra, must drink kuśa water for three days and a Brāhmaṇa who had eaten the table leavings of a Śūdra or a woman must drink barley water for seven days (XI. 153). - [Previous: c8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.92) - [Next: c8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.94) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.149) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.93) · Pramāṇa