[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) › c15.3 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c15.3 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c15.3 - **Language:** English ### [c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.3) This essay appeared in slightly different form under the title "Was There an Indian Reaction: Western Expansion in Indian Perspective," in \*Expansion and Reaction\*, edited by H. L. Wesseling (Leiden, 1978), 31–58. Reprinted by permission. - [Previous: c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.2) - [Next: c15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.4) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.3) · Pramāṇa