A History of South India : From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar / K.A. Nilakanta Sastri

By:

Nilakanta Sastri, K.A

Contributor(s):

Champakalakshmi, R

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxvi, 481 p. : ill. : 21.6cmISBN:

9780195606867

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 954.802 NIL

Contents:

Survey of the Sources The Land in relation to history The earliest peoples and cultures The dawn of history: Aryanization The Age of the Mauryan Empire The Satavahanas and their Successors The Age of the Sangam and after Conflict of three empires The Balance of two empires The Age of the Four Kingdoms The Bahmanis and the Rise of Vijayanagar The Empire of Vijayanagar Social and economic conditions Literature Religion and philosophy Art and architecture

Summary: This classic study offers a compact and comprehensive account of the much-neglected history of South India--treated here as a single geographical entity--up to the middle of the seventeenth century. Since its publication in 1955, it has established itself as an outstanding work, among the earliest and best studies on South Indian history. The exhaustive narrative incorporates both the author s own researches as well as surveying the available material on the subject, tracing the political history, social life, commerce, religion, philosophy, literature, and arts of South India. Newly introduced by R Champakalakshmi, the book is certain to remain popular among specialist and lay readers alike.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	954.802 SAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		40783

Survey of the Sources
The Land in relation to history
The earliest peoples and cultures
The dawn of history: Aryanization
The Age of the Mauryan Empire
The Satavahanas and their Successors
The Age of the Sangam and after
Conflict of three empires
The Balance of two empires
The Age of the Four Kingdoms
The Bahmanis and the Rise of Vijayanagar
The Empire of Vijayanagar
Social and economic conditions
Literature
Religion and philosophy
Art and architecture

This classic study offers a compact and comprehensive account of the much-neglected history of South India--treated here as a single geographical entity--up to the middle of the seventeenth century. Since its publication in 1955, it has established itself as an outstanding work, among the earliest and best studies on South Indian history. The exhaustive narrative incorporates both the author s own researches as well as surveying the available material on the subject, tracing the political history, social life, commerce, religion, philosophy, literature, and arts of South India. Newly introduced by R Champakalakshmi, the book is certain to remain popular among specialist and lay readers alike.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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