[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) › c14.s1.2 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c14.s1.2 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c14.s1.2 - **Language:** English ### [c14.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.s1.2) Nor should we think of a clearly defined territorial state, internally coherent and closed to the outside. Already the fact that the well-known seven elements, which according to the \*Arthaśāstra\* form the realm, include the ally indicates the open-endedness of the state. It is equally significant that territory is not included as a separate item. The term \*janapada\* (or, in some texts, \*rāṣṭra\*) means the undifferentiated whole of people-cum-territory, in the same way as the French "pays" or the German "Land."³ - [Previous: c14.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.s1.1) - [Next: c14.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.s1.3) - [Up: c14.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.s1) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.s1.2) · Pramāṇa