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COROMANDEL : personal history of South India /

By Allen, Charles. UK Little, Brown 2017 , COROMANDEL. A name which has been long applied by Europeans to the Northern Tamil Country, or (more comprehensively) to the eastern coast of the Peninsula of India. This is the India highly acclaimed historian Charles Allen visits in this fascinating book. Coromandel journeys south, exploring the less well known, often neglected and very different history and identity of the pre-Aryan Dravidian south. During Allen's exploration of the Indian south he meets local historians, gurus and politicians and with their help uncovers some extraordinary stories about the past. His sweeping narrative takes in the archaeology, religion, linguistics and anthropology of the region - and how these have influenced contemporary politics. Known for his vivid storytelling, for decades Allen has travelled the length and breadth of India, revealing the spirit of the sub-continent through its history and people. In Coromandel, he moves through modern-day India, discovering as much about the present as he does about the past. 9781408705391 | 1408705397

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SAIVISM IN SOUTH INDIA : 7th AD to 11th AD /

By Komal. Delhi Shree Kala Prakashan 2013 9788186038291 | 8186038299

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K.A. NILAKANTA SASTRI : WRITINGS IN THE HINDU.

By nil. Chennai THG publishing 2018 , A Collection of articles that Professor K A Nilakanta Sastri contributed to The Hindu between 1930 and 1961, curated and thematically arranged. These deal wit a range of issues in South Indian History and Provide insights into the thoughts, views and research methods of this foremost scholar in the field 9789387791039

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MUSINGS ON SOUTH INDIA : festschrift to Konda Srinivasulu /

By NIL.. New Delhi Meena Book Publishers 2016 9789385957062

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LORDS OF EARTH AND SEA : History of the Chola Empire

By Anirudh Kanisetti. New Delhi Juggernaut Books 2025 , The great empire of the Cholas was unexpected. It sprouted out of the blue in the Kaveri floodplain around 850 CE. Till then, the region had for centuries been dotted by self-governing village assemblies. From here, the Cholas established a vast empire, the first – and only – time an empire based in coastal South India was the dominant power of the subcontinent: a perch usually occupied by the Deccan or northern India. The Cholas were as creative and imaginative as they were unexpected. They built stupendous temples – the tallest freestanding structures on earth after the pyramids of Egypt. Chola queens popularized new forms of gods and worship, such as the iconic Nataraja and the singing of Tamil poems to deities. And they were spectacularly daring, raiding not just the powerful Deccan and North India but also Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. For a dynasty that was so influential – and is so loved today – its actual historical achievements were surprisingly forgotten by the late nineteenth century, for they had faded into myth and legend. In this book, the award-winning historian Anirudh Kanisetti brings to life the world of the Cholas. Not just the world of kings and queens attended by generals and ‘service retinue’ women – but the stories of the ‘little people’, whose lives were buffeted by big events. What was life like on board a merchant vessel making its way from the Tamil coast to Southeast Asia and China? What kind of food was served at temples to devotees and to soldiers in times of war? What became of a landless peasant who murdered his brother in a fit of rage? Why did a noble woman commit sati holding a lemon over her head? Based on thousands of inscriptions and hundreds of secondary sources, this deeply researched book is not just a procession of dazzling kings and queens but also a portal that transports us to the peasant settlements of over a thousand years ago. In this book, Kanisetti crucially separates fact from fiction and tells us one of the most extraordinary stories in human history. 9789353455606

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