[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) › c9.7 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c9.7 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c9.7 - **Language:** English ### [c9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.7) ² Arriani, Indica, Cap XII. 8. 9. Departing from this Strabo says (XV. 1. 49) that every class is assigned its special profession which cannot be exchanged for any other, that, however, the φιλοσοφοι were an exception, that is, they could adopt any profession. Whilst that which Arrian has said of the σοφισταί in general is true of the Samaṇas and not of Brâhmaṇas, what Strabo says is true of the Brâhmaṇas and not of the ascetics. These sources supplement each other and give us the result to which the Jâtakas lead, namely, that on the one hand, ascetics were recruited from all classes and on the other, the most divergent professions were followed by the Brâhmaṇas. - [Previous: c9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.6) - [Next: c9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.8) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.7) · Pramāṇa