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

This classic text provides a comprehensive account of the much-neglected history of peninsular India from the earliest times to seventeenth century It delineates the role of south India in the shaping of the history of the subcontinent. The exhaustive narrative traces the changing political formations, institutional forces, and administrative structures and also gives a panoramic view of social and economic conditions, literature, religion, philosophy, and art and architecture. An introduction by R. Champakalakshmi locates the relevance of Shastri's work in the larger context of history writing on south India. This book will interest students, teachers, and scholars of ancient Indian history, as well as lay readers, specially those interested in the history of south India.