[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) › c19.s10.61 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.61) 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\* - [Previous: c19.s10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.60) - [Next: c19.s10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.62) - [Up: c19.s10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.61) · Pramāṇa