[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) › c8.97 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.97 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.97 - **Language:** English ### [c8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.97) In general and as a rule, we can suppose that the jātis of this age were endogamous; marriage within one's own játi was the rule. Everywhere in the Jātakas, we meet with the effort to keep the family pure through marriage confined to people of one’s own standing and profession and not to allow it to degenerate through mixture with lower elements. When the parents desire to marry their son, they seek a maiden of the same caste for him or give him the advice: - [Previous: c8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.96) - [Next: c8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.98) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.97) · Pramāṇa