TY  - BOOK
AU  - Veluthat,Kesavan
AU  - 
TI  - The early medieval in South India
T2  - Oxford India paperbacks
SN  - 9780198069140 
U1  - 954.802 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Politics and government - South India
KW  - Social conditions - South India
KW  - India, South
KW  - History
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - First published: 2009; Includes bibliographical references and index; Tamil̲akam --
; Into the "medieval" and out of it --
; The temple in medieval South India --
; Land rights and social stratification --
; Labour rent and produce rent --
; Nāḍu in the socio-political structure --
; Medieval Kerala --
; The Kēraḷōlpatti as history --
; Epigraphy in the historiography of Kerala --
; Literacy and communication in pre-modern Kerala --
; The king as lord and overlord --
; A capital city as a sacred centre --
; Medieval Kerala : state and society --
; Landlordism in medieval Kerala --
; Evolution of a regional identity --





; In the neighbourhood : early medieval Karnataka --











; Vēḷevāḷi in Karnataka --











; Landed magnates as state agents.












N2  - Written over two decades, this distinctive collection explores - for the first time - the notion of 'early medieval' in south India. Presenting an alternative history of the deep south, Kesavan Veluthat re-examines the problems and patterns in the history of Tamilakam in general and early medieval Kerala and Karnataka in particular." "This interdisciplinary volume will be indispensable for teachers, students, and researchers of early medieval history, particularly of south India. It will also be useful for scholars of sociology, cultural studies, and religion
ER  -