The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s10.61
The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s10.61
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³¹ One is tempted to compare this with Elphinstone's “the Ceded Districts plan of having a Double Dufter,” that is, the appointment of two *dafterdars*, record keepers, of equal rank as the chief Indian officials in the district, so that they could be used as a check upon each other. See K. A. Ballhatchet, *Social*