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Language: ENGLISH. About the book:-The author has made a good attempt to unearth the social system in North-East India in Buddha s time. He has placed the culture which the Jatakas exhibit in north-eastern India, will, he hopes, not provoke any opposition. For although most of the stories contained in our sources are, so far as their contents are concerned, the common property of the Indian people and were known all over India, yet in the form in which they appear in the Jatakas, they belong to a particular part of India, namely, the north-east, the home of Buddhism. The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature native to India concerning the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form. The future Buddha may appear as a king, an outcast, a god, an elephant but, in whatever form, he exhibits some virtue that the tale thereby inculcates. Often, J?taka tales include an extensive cast of characters who interact and get into various kinds of trouble - whereupon the Buddha character intervenes to resolve all the problems and bring about a happy ending. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. About the Author:-Sisir Kumar Maitra was Head of the Department of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University. His writings compared Eastern and Western philosophy, and the teachings of Sri Aurobindo in comparison with Western philosophers. Maitra was brought up free from social and religious orthodoxy. He was also a great admirer of Rabindranath Tagore, and this was part of the intellectual atmosphere. Later he discovered Sri Aurobindo, and in a number of books and essays helped popularise the vision of Sri Aurobindo among philosophical circles both in India and abroad, writing strictly from an academic philosophical point of view. Richard Fick was a German librarian. He was born in Germany in 1867 and died in 1944. He earned plaudits for his brilliant contributions to the history and literature. He is the author of The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha s time. The Title 'THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION IN NORTH-EAST INDIA IN BUDDHA S TIME written/authored/edited by RICHARD FICK, SHISHIRKUMAR MAITRA', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121227223 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 391 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 391.
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