The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c12.15

c12.15

The Indian case therefore is indeed a special one, but this does not mean that the problem of kingship is peculiar to Indian civilization. In fact, I intend to argue that the problem is a general one and that the specifically Indian king-brahmin "model" is what Indian civilization has developed to formulate this general problem. It may therefore be appropriate first to look at the general aspect of the problem, as it is presented by the Indian material, and next inquire how the specifically Indian "model" came to be formulated.