[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.s2.12 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.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. - [Previous: c19.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2.11) - [Next: c19.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2.13) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2.12) · Pramāṇa