[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.s13.39 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s13.39 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s13.39 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s13.39) 39. This concept of property was introduced through Cornwallis's Permanent Settlement (1795). Whether the owner was to be the \*zamīndār\* ("landholder"), the \*ryot\* ("peasant"), or even the village community made corporate is, of course, a pragmatical question. - [Previous: c19.s13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s13.38) - [Next: c19.s14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.1) - [Up: c19.s13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s13.39) · Pramāṇa