[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) › c15.4 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c15.4 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c15.4 - **Language:** English ### [c15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.4) bat.”¹ It was only with the breaking away of the Muslims that “a real ferocity appeared—between Indian and Indian.” Nor is this a pecularity of the Indo-British entanglement. Other cases of expansion—take for instance Islam or Buddhism—similarly refuse to respond to the action-reaction logic. - [Previous: c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.3) - [Next: c15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.5) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c15.4) · Pramāṇa