A concise history of South India: issues and interpretations/ 
edited by Noboru Karashima. 
 - New Delhi:  Oxford University Press,  2014. 
 - xix, 396 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>1. Before the Common Era: Beginnings of South Indian History<br/>    1.1-  Prehistoric cultures by P. Shanmugam <br/>    1.2-  Megalithic burials and graffiti by Y. Subbarayalu <br/>    1.3-  Beginnings of south Indian history by Noboru Karashima <br/>    1.4-  The Brahmi script and south Indian languages by Y. Subbarayalu <br/><br/>2. First Century BCE to Fifth Century CE: The Satavahanas, the Early Tamil Polities, and Their Successors<br/>    2.1-  The Satavahanas in the Deccan by Y. Subbarayalu <br/>    2.2-  Sangam and post-Sangam literature by Y. Subbarayalu <br/>    2.3-  Early Tamil polity by Y. Subbarayalu <br/>    2.4-  Post-Satavahana and post-Sangam polities by Y. Subbarayalu <br/>    2.5-  Religion and religious monuments in early south India by Y. Subbarayalu <br/>    2.6-  Roman trade and contacts with Southeast Asia by Noboru Karashima<br/><br/>3. Sixth Century to Ninth Century: The New-Type States and the Bhakti Movement<br/>   3.1-  The emergence of a new type of state <br/>   3.2-  Kingship and statecraft by Noboru Karashima <br/>   3.3-  Agrarian developments by Noboru Karashima <br/>   3.4-  Capitals and temples by P. Shanmugam <br/>   3.5-  The bhakti movement by Noboru Karashima    <br/>   3.6-  Women in premodern south Indian society by R. Mahalakshmi <br/><br/>4.The Tenth to Twelfth Centuries: The Emergence of a Centralized State<br/>   4.1-  The balance of two powers by Noboru Karashima <br/>   4.2-  The Chola state: Centralized or segmentary? by Noboru Karashima <br/>   4.3-  Changes in landholding system and society by Noboru Karashima <br/>   4.4-  Maritime trade and merchant activities by Noboru Karashima <br/>   4.5-  States in the Deccan and Kerala by Noboru Karashima <br/>   4.6-  Religion and society by Noboru Karashima<br/>   4.7-  Language and literature by Hiroshi Yamashita <br/>   4.8-  Temples and sculpture by R. Mahalakshmi <br/><br/>5. Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: Period of Social Change and Transition<br/>   5. 1-  The fall of the old states by Noboru Karashima<br/>   5.2-  Emergence of new jatis and supra-local/community organizations by Noboru Karashima<br/>   5..3 Mathas, Saivasiddhantism, and Virasaivism by Noboru Karashima <br/><br/>6. Fifteenth Century to Seventeenth Century: Vijayanagar State and the Wider World<br/>   6.1-  Vijayanagar and the sultanates in the Deccan by Noboru Karashima <br/>   6.2-  Vijayanagar state and the nayakas by Noboru Karashima<br/>   6.3-  Development of trade and industry by Noboru Karashima<br/>   6.4-  'Hindu Sultan' and religions by Noboru Karashima<br/>   6.5-  Architecture and sculpture by P. Shanmugam <br/>   6.6-  The nayaka states and the emergence of new ethos by Noboru Karashima<br/>   6.7-  The coming of the Europeans by Nobuhiro Ota <br/><br/>7. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: British Rule and Indian Society<br/>   7.1-  Regional states <br/>   7.2-  The colonization of south India: The East India Companies and the wars <br/>   7.3-  Incorporation into the global economy by Tsukasa Mizushima<br/>   7.4-  Colonial formation<br/>   7.5-  Responses to colonial formation <br/><br/>8. Twentieth Century: Independence and After <br/>   8.1-  Towards Independence: Politics, society, and economy <br/>   8.2-  Independence and after: Politics, society, and economy <br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780198099772 0198099770 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>India, South -- History.<br/>South India.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954.8  / KAR/C