[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) › c16.10 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c16.10 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c16.10 - **Language:** English ### [c16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c16.10) This state of affairs seems to obtain from the time of a village’s founding. An example is found in the report of an English official investigating at the time of the English takeover of the Western Deccan (1818) the administrative structure of the previous regime: - [Previous: c16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c16.9) - [Next: c16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c16.11) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c16.10) · Pramāṇa