General Editor: S.P. Gupta. Editor: K.S. Ramachandra.
xxiv, 230p., 25 cm. (ISPQS' History and Archaeology Series No. 2)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. Early Pallava Geneology and Chronology. 2. Early Pallava-Kadamba Relations. 3. Pallava Rajasimha and South East Asia. 4. The accession of Nandivarman Pallavamalla. 5. Pallava Skandasishya. 6. The Nolamba Pallavas: Their Origin. 7. Problems in Later Pallava Chronology and Genelogy. 8. An Interregnum in Pallava History. 9. Aditya and Vikramaditya. 10. Bana Nandivarman. 11. A Baba Chieftain of the Thirteenth Century. 12. The battle of Uratti. 13. An Odda Invassion of South India. 14. Village Communities in South India. 15. The Chitrameli Periyanattar. 16. Hiysala Vira Narasimha II and the Magara Kingdom. 17. Vijayanagara and Ceylon. 18. Tirumalaideva Maharaya. 19. The Administrative Value of Amaktamalyada. 20. Social Legislation in Medieval South India. 21. Rural Problems in Vijayanagara. 22. Sangama Dynasty and Ceylon. 23. Irrigation under the Vijayanagara Kings. 24. Randaula Khan and the Karnataka. 25. Lessons of Vijayanagara History: Glories of a Great National Movement. 26. Saluva Tirumalaideve Maharaya. 27. Virappa Nayaka and Vijayanagara. 28. Two Decades of Madurai (1734-1754). 29. The End of the Masurai Nayakship. 30. Historical Material in the Ramappayyan Ammanai. 31. The nawabs of the Carnatic and Hindu Temples. 32. Colonel Baird at Tirupparankunram. 33. Haider Ali and Tiruchirappalli 1781. 34. Sir Willoam Balakburne: an Ideal Political Resident. 35. Sopatma. 36. Study of Medieval Indian History.
DESCRIPTION
These thirtysix articles and research papers of Prof. Mahalingam constitute diverse chapters of the history of peninsular India. Schematically presented, they built up a vast historical perspective highlighting the socio-economic and administrative institutions in South India from the times of Pallavas of Kanchipuram to the early 19th century.
