The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c14.s1.11
The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c14.s1.11
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c14.s1.11
In short, the rājasūya in general and the ratnin ceremony in particular do not present the picture of a "state" in our sense, but of a clan system based on connubium.