[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) › c9.16 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c9.16 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c9.16 - **Language:** English ### [c9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.16) Not only did world-sick old people renounce the world but even kings who were in undisputed possession of sovereignty and in the fulness of their power; young princes preferred the severe life of the ascetic to the glitter of sovereign power; rich tradesmen gave away their riches - [Previous: c9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.15) - [Next: c9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.17) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.16) · Pramāṇa