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# The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time

Castes and classes in the Jātakas: ascetics, brahmins, kṣatriyas and the king's officials, householders and merchants (seṭṭhi), guilds, low castes.

- **Language:** English
- **Authors:** [Richard Fick](https://indike.org/pramana/person/fick-r), [Shishirkumar Maitra](https://indike.org/pramana/person/maitra-s)
- **Extent:** 886 passages, 80,375 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · English tr. by S. Maitra, University of Calcutta 1920 (German original: Die sociale Gliederung im… · In copyright (Richard Fick †1944; Shishirkumar Maitra); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c1) — 2 parts
- [c2 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c2) — 7 parts
- [c3 Translator's Dedication](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c3) — 7 parts
- [c4 Author's Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c4) — 12 parts
- [c5 Preface to the English Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c5) — 6 parts
- [c6 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c6) — 37 parts
- [c7 Chapter I. Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c7) — 24 parts
- [c8 Chapter II. General View of the Castes](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) — 108 parts
- [c9 Chapter III. The Homeless Ascetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9) — 49 parts
- [c10 Chapter IV. The Ruling Class](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10) — 34 parts
- [c11 Chapter V. The Head of the State](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c11) — 97 parts
- [c12 Chapter VI. The King's Officers](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12) — 51 parts
- [c13 Chapter VII. The House Priest of the King](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13) — 28 parts
- [c14 Chapter VIII. The Brahmanas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14) — 180 parts
- [c15 Chapter IX. The Leading Middle Class Families](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15) — 29 parts
- [c16 Chapter X. The Guilds of Tradesmen and Manufacturers](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c16) — 33 parts
- [c17 Chapter XI. Casteless Professions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17) — 58 parts
- [c18 Chapter XII. The Despised Castes](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c18) — 41 parts
- [c19 Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c19) — 6 parts
- [c20 Index of Names and Topics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c20) — 55 parts
- [c21 Index of Pali and Sanskrit Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c21) — 13 parts
- [c22 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c22) — 7 parts

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