Heesterman, J. C. <br/><br/>
The inner conflict of tradition :  essays in Indian ritual, kingship, and society 

 - Chicago  University of Chicago Press  1985 
 - x, 255 p. 
<br/><br/> https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo5974489.html 
<br/><br/> "TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/>Introduction<br/>1. India and the Inner Conflict of Tradition<br/>2. Brahmin, Ritual, and Renouncer<br/>3. The Case of the Severed Head<br/>4. The Flood Story in Vedic Ritual<br/>5. The Origin of the Nastika<br/>6. Vedic Sacrifice and Transcendence<br/>7. Ritual, Revelation, and the Axial Age<br/>8. The Conundrum of the King’s Authority<br/>9. Kautilya and the Ancient Indian State<br/>10. Power, Priesthood, and Authority<br/>11. Western Expansion, Indian Reaction: Mughal Empire and British Raj<br/>12. Caste, Village, and Indian Society<br/>13. Caste and Karma: Max Weber’s Analysis of Caste" 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226322995 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>India<br/>Civilization
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India--Civilization.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.0934  / HEE