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A History Of South India From Prehistoric Times To The Fall Of Vijayanagar By Ka Nilakanta Sastri
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Book Synopsis A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar by : Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri
Download or read book A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar written by Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Political Economy of Craft Production by : Carla M. Sinopoli
Download or read book The Political Economy of Craft Production written by Carla M. Sinopoli and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of specialized craft production has a long tradition in archaeological research. Through analyses of material remains and the contexts of their production and use, archaeologists can examine the organization of craft production and the economic and political status of craft producers. This study combines archaeological and historical evidence from the author's twenty years of fieldwork at the imperial capital of Vijayanagara to explore the role and significance of craft production in the city's political economy of the fourteenth to the seventeenth century. By examining a diverse range of crafts from poetry to pottery, Sinopoli evaluates models of craft production and expands upon theoretical and historical understandings of empires in general and Vijayanagara in particular. It is the most broad-ranging study of craft production in South Asia, or in any other early state empire.
Author :International Association for the History of Religions. Congress Publisher :Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press ISBN 13 :0889201420 Total Pages :769 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (892 download)
Book Synopsis Traditions in Contact and Change by : International Association for the History of Religions. Congress
Download or read book Traditions in Contact and Change written by International Association for the History of Religions. Congress and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 1983-06-10 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Traditions in Contact and Change" was the theme of the fourteenth quinquennial congress of the International Association for the History of Religions. This selection from 450 papers by scholars form all over the world address the theme. Section One, "Indian Traditions and Western Interactions," treats subjects ranging from the flood story in Vedic ritual to a s study of the women of the Nehru family. Section Two, "Buddhist, Chinese, and Japanese Studies," includes discussions of the origin of the Mahayana, William James and Japanese Buddhism, and lyrical imagery and religious content in Japanese art. Section Three, "Mediterranean Cultures," covers a broad range of topics, from foster children in early Christianity to "the transformation of Christianity into Roman religion" to the change in the status of women in Iceland from pagan to Christian times. Section Four, "Islamic, African, and Amerindian Developments," examines such subjects as religions in conflict and change in the works of African novelists, tradition and change in Indian Islam, and religious acculturation among Oglala Lakota. Section Five offers "Methodological and Theoretical Discussions" of women's studies, Western perceptions of Asia, structure in Jung and Lévi-Strauss, among others. The essays provide ready access to the leading edge of scholarship across a wide range of religions and cultures and should be of interest to students of religion, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy.
Book Synopsis Modern South India by : Rajmohan Gandhi
Download or read book Modern South India written by Rajmohan Gandhi and published by Rupa. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South India story attempted here is of a peninsular region influenced by the oceans, not by the Himalayas. Yet it is more than that. It is a story of facets of four powerful culturesKannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu, to name them in alphabetical orderand yet more than that, for Kodava, Konkani, Marathi, Oriya and Tulu cultures have also influenced it, as also other older and possibly more indigenous cultures often seen as tribal, as well as cultures originating in other parts of India and the world. With South Indias Malayalam region being (in modern times) the most balanced in terms of religion and also the most literate, its Kannada zone occupying South Indias geographical centre and containing the sites of the Vijayanagara kingdom and also the kingdom of Haidar and Tipu, its Telugu portion the largest in area and holding the most people, and its Tamil part the most Dravidian and possessing the oldest literature, the four principal cultures are, unsurprisingly, competitive. But they are also complementary. This is a Dravidian story, and also more than that. It is a story involving four centuries, the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth, yet other periods intrude upon it...
Book Synopsis A Concise History of South India by : Noboru Karashima
Download or read book A Concise History of South India written by Noboru Karashima and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The course of south Indian history from pre-historic times to the contemporary era is a complex narrative with many interpretations. Reflecting recent advances in the study of the region, this volume provides an assessment of the events and socio-cultural development of south India through a comprehensive analysis of its historical trajectory. Investigating the region's states and configurations, this book covers a wide range of topics that include the origins of the early inhabitants, formation of the ancient kingdoms, advancement of agriculture, new religious movements based on bhakti, and consolidation of centralized states in the medieval period. It further explores the growth of industries in relation to the development of East-West maritime trade in the Indian Ocean as well as the wave of Islamicization and the course of commercial relations with various European countries. The book then goes on to discuss the advent of early-modern state rule, impact of the raiyatwari system introduced by the British, debates about whether the region's economy developed or deteriorated during the eighteenth century, decline of matriliny in Kerala, emergence of the Dravidian Movement, and the intertwining of politics with contemporary popular culture. Well illustrated with maps and images, and incorporating new archaeological evidence and historiography, this volume presents new perspectives on a gamut of issues relating to communities, languages, and cultures of a macro-region that continues to fascinate scholars and readers alike.
Book Synopsis History of the Tamils by : P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar
Download or read book History of the Tamils written by P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2001 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis South India Under the Cholas by : Y. Subbarayalu
Download or read book South India Under the Cholas written by Y. Subbarayalu and published by OUP India. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with different aspects of state-society interactions in medieval south India, especially under the Cholas. It discusses the nature of the state, revenue system, local governance bodies, land rights, along with trade, merchant guilds, and maritime trade.
Book Synopsis A Forgotten Empire by : Robert Sewell
Download or read book A Forgotten Empire written by Robert Sewell and published by London : S. Sonnenschein. This book was released on 1900 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Migrations in Medieval and Early Colonial India by : Vijaya Ramaswamy
Download or read book Migrations in Medieval and Early Colonial India written by Vijaya Ramaswamy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at movements of communities which formed the lower and middle rungs of society in medieval and early colonial India. It presents migration, mobility and memories from a specifically Indian perspective, breaking away from previous Eurocentric studies. The essays in the volume focus on labour, peasant and craft migrations, and in fleshing out the causes and trajectories taken by these communities, they speak to each other by addressing similar issues as well as documenting varying responses to analogous situations.A fascinating history of migrations ofpeople from below the volume adopts a trans-disciplinary approach and uses inscriptions, official records, and literary texts along with community narratives and folk tradition. This will be of great interest to scholars and students of migration and diaspora studies, medieval and modern South Asian history, social anthropology and subaltern studies.
Book Synopsis Age of the Nandas and Mauryas by : K.A. Nilakants Sastri
Download or read book Age of the Nandas and Mauryas written by K.A. Nilakants Sastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 1967-01-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work deals with the period c. 400-185 B.C. which saw grat changes in the political, economic and artistic life of India. Alexander, Chandragputa, Chanakya and Asoka dominate the period. We get vivid pictures of the outstanding events of the period--as of Alexander's conquests and their influence on the cultural life of India, of the fusion of Brahma-Ksatra in the early Mauryan rule after the overthrow of the Nandas and of the rule of Asoka and his successors.The work consists of eleven chapters contributed by eminent historians. The reader would find the chapters on Mauryan Polity, Industry, Art, Religion, Language, and Literature very interesting and instructive.
Book Synopsis The Origins of Vīraśaiva Sects by : R. Blake Michael
Download or read book The Origins of Vīraśaiva Sects written by R. Blake Michael and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: distilled from rigorous, hard headed field research with penetrating
Author :Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri Publisher :Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 13 :9780198063568 Total Pages :357 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (635 download)
Book Synopsis The Illustrated History of South India by : Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri
Download or read book The Illustrated History of South India written by Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A History of South India, first published in 1955, K.A. Nilakanta Sastri provided a comprehensive account of the history of South India. Tracing the history from prehistoric times to the fall of the kingdom of Vijayanagar in 1565 AD, the book incorporated the results of the author's own researches and brought together material previously scattered in separate studies to present a coherent narrative. Over the years the book has achieved a near-classic status. The Illustrated History of South India, an adapted and illustrated version of the original book, aims to sensitize young readers to the country's historic past and rich cultural heritage, and the need to preserve it. Key chapters discuss the coming of the Aryans, the Mauryan Empire, the rise of Vijayanagar, social and economic conditions, literature, religion and philosophy, and the art and architecture of South India. The volume includes an Introduction by renowned historian R. Champakalakshmi, written especially for this edition, and a Prologue by eminent historian P.M. Rajan Gurukkal. Interspersed with photographs and line drawings, including maps and genealogical charts, this illustrated edition will be invaluable for students and teachers of history, in particular, history of South India, as well as general readers. India, which over the years has achieved a near-classic status, this illustrated edition provides a comprehensive account of the history of South India from the prehistoric times to the fall of the kingdom of Vijayanagar in 1565 AD. This volume includes a new Introduction by renowned historian R. Champakalakshmi, and a Prologue by eminent historian P.M. Rajan Gurukkal.
Book Synopsis A Prehistory of Hinduism by : Manu V. Devadevan
Download or read book A Prehistory of Hinduism written by Manu V. Devadevan and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a pioneering attempt to understand the prehistory of Hinduism in South Asia. Exploring religious processes in the Deccan region between the eleventh and the nineteenth century with class relations as its point of focus, it throws new light on the making of religious communities, monastic institutions, legends, lineages, and the ethics that governed them. In the light of this prehistory, a compelling framework is suggested for a revision of existing perspectives on the making of Hinduism in the nineteenth and the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Vol. Iii: Medieval Indian Society And Culture by : J.L. Mehta
Download or read book Vol. Iii: Medieval Indian Society And Culture written by J.L. Mehta and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Siva's Saints written by Gil Ben-Herut and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising more than twelve million people and renowned for their resistance to Brahminical values, the Virasaivas are a vibrant and unorthodox religious community with a provocative socio-political voice. The Virasaiva tradition has produced a vast and original body of literature, composed mostly in Kannada, a Dravidian language from south India. Siva's Saints introduces a previously unexplored and central primary work produced in the early thirteenth century, the Ragalegalu. This was the first narrative text written about the incipient devotional tradition dedicated to the god Siva in the Kannada-speaking regions; through stories of the saints, it images the life of this new religious community. The Ragalegalu inaugurated a new era in the production of devotional narratives accessible to wide audiences. Gil Ben-Herut challenges common notions about this tradition in its nascent phases. By closely reading the saints' stories in this text, Siva's Saints takes a more nuanced historical view than commonly-held notions about the egalitarian and iconoclastic nature of the early tradition, arguing instead that early bhakti (devotionalism) in the Kannada-speaking region was less-radical and more accommodating toward traditional religious, social, and political institutions than thought of today. In contrast to the narrowly sectarian and exclusionary vision that shapes later accounts, the Ragalegalu is characterized by an opposite impulse of offering an open invitation to people from all walks of life, and their stories illustrate the richness of their devotional lives. Analysis of this seminal text yields important insights into the role of literary representation of the social and political development of a religious community in a pre-modern and non-Western milieu.
Book Synopsis KINGS OF KARNATAKA by : Dr. Prakash M Badiger
Download or read book KINGS OF KARNATAKA written by Dr. Prakash M Badiger and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krishnadevaraya (IAST Kṛiṣhṇa Deva Rāya) was a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire who ruled from 1509- 1529. He is the third leader of the Tuluva Dynasty. Directing the realm at its pinnacle, he is viewed as a symbol by numerous Indians. He was a standout amongst the most effective of all the Hindu leaders of India. For sure, when the Mughal Babur was assessing the sovereigns of north India, Krishnadevaraya was evaluated the most capable and had the most broad domain in the subcontinent.
Book Synopsis Reconceptualizing the Archaeology of Southern India by : Peter Johansen
Download or read book Reconceptualizing the Archaeology of Southern India written by Peter Johansen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a paradigm shift in the long-term study of South India’s deep history. It refuses the disciplinary constraints of history and prehistory and interrogates the archaeological and textual records of the Deccan to disrupt its conventional archaeological periodizations, which have tended to reify and dehistoricize social and cultural differences. This book draws on over 20 years of original archaeological research from the southern Deccan region of India to critically reappraise the historiography that has framed its deep history. It fundamentally questions conventional archaeological paradigms, rooted in early colonial scholarship, which have structured interpretations of deep time with curiously ahistorical narratives of the past. This volume offers a more nuanced assessment of historical changes across a diversity of cultural, social, and political practices through the novel application of theoretical framings to archaeological and historical data, including political ecology, techno-politics, resource materialities, and landscape production. This book will interest an interdisciplinary audience of graduate and undergraduate students and professional academics, primarily in the fields of archaeology, history, and South Asian studies. Its theoretical interventions will also be of interest to those invested in the anthropology and the archaeology of politics, chronology, historicity, historiography, materiality and landscapes.
