A Concise History of South India : Issues and Interpretations

Name: A Concise History of South India : Issues and Interpretations
Author: Noboru Karashima
ISBN: 9780198099772

by Noboru Karashima

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A Concise History of South India : Issues and Interpretations

by Noboru Karashima

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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.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

Publication DateJul. 31st, 2014

ISBN-139780198099772

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ISBN-100198099770

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List of Illustrations	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Note on Abbreviations, Diacritical Marks, and Bibliographies	p. xxi
Prologue: Dravidians-Immigrant or Indigenous	p. 1
Before the Common Era: Beginnings of South Indian History	p. 8
Prehistoric cultures	p. 18
Palaeolithic cultures	p. 18
Neolithic culture	p. 12
Megalithic burials and graffiti	p. 15
Megalithic burials	p. 15
Graffiti	p. 24
Beginnings of south Indian history	p. 25
The Brahmi script and south Indian languages	p. 31
First Century BCE to Fifth Century CE: The Satavahanas, the Early Tamil Polities, and Their Successors	p. 40
The Satavahanas in the Deccan	p. 40
Sangam and post-Sangam literature	p. 43
Sangam literature (c. 100 BCE to 300 CE)	p. 43
Post-Sangam literature (c. 300-600 CE)	p. 46
Early Tamil polity	p. 147
The rulers	p. 47
Political organization	p. 53
Post-Satavahana and post-Sangam polities	p. 55
Religion and religious monuments in early south India	p. 63
Religion as known from archaeological monuments	p. 63
Religion in early Tamil country as known from literature	p. 67
Roman trade and contacts with Southeast Asia	p. 170
Roman trade	p. 70
Contact with Southeast Asia	p. 76
Sixth Century to Ninth Century: The New-Type States and the Bhakti Movement	p. 84
The emergence of a new type of state	p. 84
Kingship and statecraft	p. 89
Agrarian developments	p. 92
Capitals and temples	p. 198
Capitals	p. 98
Temples	p. 100
The bhakti movement	p. 106
Synthesis of southern and northern traditions	p. 106
Nayanars and alvars	p. 109
The bhakti movement and the state	p. 112
Women in premodern south Indian society	p. 115
The Tenth to Twelfth Centuries: The Emergence of a Centralized State	p. 124
The balance of two powers	p. 124
The Chola stare: Centralized or segmentary?	p. 128
Changes in landholding system and society	p. 135
Maritime trade and merchant activities	p. 139
States in the Deccan and Kerala	p. 143
Religion and society	p. 147
Language and literature	p. 151
Development of local languages and the dawn of Kannada and Telugu literature	p. 151
Development of Tamil literature and the emergence of new trends	p. 153
Temples and sculpture	p. 157
The Tamil region	p. 157
The other regions	p. 161
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: Period of Social Change and Transition	p. 172
The fall of the old states	p. 172
Emergence of new jatis and supra-local/community organizations	p. 175
Mathas, Saivasiddhantism, and Virasaivism	p. 183
Fifteenth Century to Seventeenth Century: Vijayanagar State and the Wider World	p. 188
Vijayanagar and the sultanates in the Deccan	p. 188
Vijayanagar state and the nayakas	p. 194
The nayaka system	p. 194
Early polity	p. 198
Development of trade and industry	p. 203
'Hindu Sultan' and religions	p. 209
'Hindu Sultan'	p. 209
Religions	p. 212
Architecture and sculpture	p. 216
Vijayanagar and nayaka architecture	p. 216
Islamic (Bahmaui) and European architecture	p. 221
The nayaka states and the emergence of new ethos	p. 224
The coming of the Europeans	p. 229
The advent of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean	p. 229
Trade competition between the Dutch and the English in the seventeenth century	p. 231
The decline of the Dutch and the advent of the French in the eighteenth century	p. 234
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: British Rule and Indian Society	p. 239
Regional states	p. 239
The Deccan sultanates and the hegemony of the Mughals	p. 239
Successor state: Hyderabad	p. 241
Successor state: Mysore	p. 244
Successor state: Tanjore	p. 245
Successor state: Travancore	p. 249
Economy and society	p. 252
The colonization of south India: The East India Companies and the wars	p. 254
The fortunes of the native powers and the Carnatic Wars	p. 254
The rise of the Mysore kingdom and the Mysore Wars	p. 257
Incorporation into the global economy	p. 260
The development of the market economy	p. 260
Asian and European market relations	p. 263
Political and economic subordination	p. 266
Colonial formation	p. 266
Mirasidars and colonial land systems	p. 266
Colonial administration and education policy	p. 273
Responses to colonial formation	p. 278
Landholders in the nineteenth century	p. 278
The south Indian cotton industry	p. 281
Changes in agrarian society	p. 284
Social movements: The Tamil Renaissance and new identities	p. 289
The decline of the matrilineal system in modern Kerala	p. 293
Twentieth Century: Independence and After	p. 302
Towards Independence: Politics, society, and economy	p. 302
The non-Brahmin movement	p. 302
The women's movement in pre-Independence south India	p. 313
The south Indian economy before Independence	p. 317
The devadasi issue	p. 321
New trends in music	p. 324
Independence and after: Politics, society, and economy	p. 326
The language issue and the reorganization of states	p. 326
State politics in Tamil Nadu	p. 330
State politics in Andhra Pradesh by Keiko Yamada	p. 338
The women's movement in post-Independence south India	p. 341
Industrial growth and agrarian change	p. 346
Cinema and television	p. 354
Epilogue: Southern Spice-Seasoning the National Cuisine	p. 363
Chronological Tables of Dynastic Rulers	p. 369
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 374
Index	p. 376
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FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

Publication DateJul. 31st, 2014

ISBN-139780198099772

Dimensions7.24 x 9.53 x 1.06 inches

ISBN-100198099770

Shipping Weight1.54 lbs

List of Illustrations	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Note on Abbreviations, Diacritical Marks, and Bibliographies	p. xxi
Prologue: Dravidians-Immigrant or Indigenous	p. 1
Before the Common Era: Beginnings of South Indian History	p. 8
Prehistoric cultures	p. 18
Palaeolithic cultures	p. 18
Neolithic culture	p. 12
Megalithic burials and graffiti	p. 15
Megalithic burials	p. 15
Graffiti	p. 24
Beginnings of south Indian history	p. 25
The Brahmi script and south Indian languages	p. 31
First Century BCE to Fifth Century CE: The Satavahanas, the Early Tamil Polities, and Their Successors	p. 40
The Satavahanas in the Deccan	p. 40
Sangam and post-Sangam literature	p. 43
Sangam literature (c. 100 BCE to 300 CE)	p. 43
Post-Sangam literature (c. 300-600 CE)	p. 46
Early Tamil polity	p. 147
The rulers	p. 47
Political organization	p. 53
Post-Satavahana and post-Sangam polities	p. 55
Religion and religious monuments in early south India	p. 63
Religion as known from archaeological monuments	p. 63
Religion in early Tamil country as known from literature	p. 67
Roman trade and contacts with Southeast Asia	p. 170
Roman trade	p. 70
Contact with Southeast Asia	p. 76
Sixth Century to Ninth Century: The New-Type States and the Bhakti Movement	p. 84
The emergence of a new type of state	p. 84
Kingship and statecraft	p. 89
Agrarian developments	p. 92
Capitals and temples	p. 198
Capitals	p. 98
Temples	p. 100
The bhakti movement	p. 106
Synthesis of southern and northern traditions	p. 106
Nayanars and alvars	p. 109
The bhakti movement and the state	p. 112
Women in premodern south Indian society	p. 115
The Tenth to Twelfth Centuries: The Emergence of a Centralized State	p. 124
The balance of two powers	p. 124
The Chola stare: Centralized or segmentary?	p. 128
Changes in landholding system and society	p. 135
Maritime trade and merchant activities	p. 139
States in the Deccan and Kerala	p. 143
Religion and society	p. 147
Language and literature	p. 151
Development of local languages and the dawn of Kannada and Telugu literature	p. 151
Development of Tamil literature and the emergence of new trends	p. 153
Temples and sculpture	p. 157
The Tamil region	p. 157
The other regions	p. 161
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: Period of Social Change and Transition	p. 172
The fall of the old states	p. 172
Emergence of new jatis and supra-local/community organizations	p. 175
Mathas, Saivasiddhantism, and Virasaivism	p. 183
Fifteenth Century to Seventeenth Century: Vijayanagar State and the Wider World	p. 188
Vijayanagar and the sultanates in the Deccan	p. 188
Vijayanagar state and the nayakas	p. 194
The nayaka system	p. 194
Early polity	p. 198
Development of trade and industry	p. 203
'Hindu Sultan' and religions	p. 209
'Hindu Sultan'	p. 209
Religions	p. 212
Architecture and sculpture	p. 216
Vijayanagar and nayaka architecture	p. 216
Islamic (Bahmaui) and European architecture	p. 221
The nayaka states and the emergence of new ethos	p. 224
The coming of the Europeans	p. 229
The advent of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean	p. 229
Trade competition between the Dutch and the English in the seventeenth century	p. 231
The decline of the Dutch and the advent of the French in the eighteenth century	p. 234
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: British Rule and Indian Society	p. 239
Regional states	p. 239
The Deccan sultanates and the hegemony of the Mughals	p. 239
Successor state: Hyderabad	p. 241
Successor state: Mysore	p. 244
Successor state: Tanjore	p. 245
Successor state: Travancore	p. 249
Economy and society	p. 252
The colonization of south India: The East India Companies and the wars	p. 254
The fortunes of the native powers and the Carnatic Wars	p. 254
The rise of the Mysore kingdom and the Mysore Wars	p. 257
Incorporation into the global economy	p. 260
The development of the market economy	p. 260
Asian and European market relations	p. 263
Political and economic subordination	p. 266
Colonial formation	p. 266
Mirasidars and colonial land systems	p. 266
Colonial administration and education policy	p. 273
Responses to colonial formation	p. 278
Landholders in the nineteenth century	p. 278
The south Indian cotton industry	p. 281
Changes in agrarian society	p. 284
Social movements: The Tamil Renaissance and new identities	p. 289
The decline of the matrilineal system in modern Kerala	p. 293
Twentieth Century: Independence and After	p. 302
Towards Independence: Politics, society, and economy	p. 302
The non-Brahmin movement	p. 302
The women's movement in pre-Independence south India	p. 313
The south Indian economy before Independence	p. 317
The devadasi issue	p. 321
New trends in music	p. 324
Independence and after: Politics, society, and economy	p. 326
The language issue and the reorganization of states	p. 326
State politics in Tamil Nadu	p. 330
State politics in Andhra Pradesh by Keiko Yamada	p. 338
The women's movement in post-Independence south India	p. 341
Industrial growth and agrarian change	p. 346
Cinema and television	p. 354
Epilogue: Southern Spice-Seasoning the National Cuisine	p. 363
Chronological Tables of Dynastic Rulers	p. 369
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 374
Index	p. 376
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