<p>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 nilakanta sastri s a history of south india is a classic work, which retains its importance and has never quite been reploaced it shows the author s mastery over a huge set of sources, which placed him head and shoulders above other south indian historians of his time -- sanjay subrahmanyam, professor</p>

A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar

History

R.Champakalakshmi

Sastri K.A.Nilakanta

Asia

Oxford University Press

<p>Offers a comprehensive expose on the evolution of a simple and sacred place of worship to a monument, which over the centuries became the pivot of Indian religiosity, culture and aesthetic significance; the superordinate ideological focus of society and polity.</p>

The Hindu Temple: Sacred Sites

Lustre Press

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