The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s2.12
The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s2.12
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c19.s2.12
12. See Miss Beck's graph, where we find right-hand castes neatly ranked in an almost vertical row, while the left-hand castes are typically scattered and their rankings consequently vague. Thus, for instance, the left-hand merchant (no. 7) is, as may be expected, slightly higher than the artisan from the same division (no. 9). Yet the latter scores higher as regards brahminical conformity.