[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c13.6 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c13.6 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c13.6 - **Language:** English ### [c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c13.6) It is on this side that the case of the \*Arthaśāstra\* is still largely open. Though the philological study of the text has made significant progress,¹ we are, I feel, still very much in the dark about the purpose, the raison d'être of the work, or more succinctly: What is the problem that it tries to answer? - [Previous: c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c13.5) - [Next: c13.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c13.s1.1) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c13) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c13.6) · Pramāṇa