Table of contents
Preface ; Prologue: Before Common Era: The Dravidian Issue by Noboru Karashima ; 1: Before Common Era (2): Beginning of South Indian history ; 1.1 Pre-historic cultures by P. Shanmugam ; 1.2 Megalithic burials and graffiti by Y. Subbarayalu ; 1.3 Beginning of South Indian history by Noboru Karashima ; 1.4 Brahmi script and South Indian languages by Y. Subbarayalu ; 2: 1st century BCE to th century: The Satavahanas, the three early Tamil kingdoms, and their successors ; 2.1 The Satavahanas in the Deccan by Y. Subbarayalu ; 2.2 Sangam and post-Sangam literature by Y. Subbarayalu ; 2.3 Early Tamil kingdoms and political organisations by Y. Subbarayalu ; 2.4 Post-Satavahana and post-Sangam polities by Y. Subbarayalu ; 2.5 Religions and religious monuments by Y. Subbarayalu ; 2.6 Roman trade and relation with Southeast Asia by Y. Subbarayalu ; 3: 6th century to 9th century: The new type kingdoms and bhakti ; 3.1 Conflict of the three kingdoms by Noboru Karashima ; 3.2 Kingship and the statecraft by Noboru Karashima ; 3.3 Agrarian development by Noboru Karashima ; 3.4 Capitals and temples by P. Shanmugam ; 3.5 Bhakti movement by Noboru Karashima ; 3.6 Women in South Indian traditional society by R. Mahalakshmi ; 4: 10th century to 12th century: Emergence of a centralized state ; 4.1 The balance of two empires by Noboru Karashima ; 4.2 The Chola state?centralised or segmentary? by Noboru Karashima ; 4.3 Changes in landholding system and society by Noboru Karashima ; 4.4 Maritime trade and merchant activities by Noboru Karashima ; 4.5 States in the Deccan and Kerala by Noboru Karashima ; 4.6 Religions and society by Noboru Karashima ; 4.7 Language and literature by H. Yamashita ; 4.8 Temples and sculptures by R. Mahalakshmi ; 5: 13th and 14th centuries: Period of social change and transition ; 5.1 Fall of old states by Noboru Karashima ; 5.2 Emergence of new jatis and supra-local/community organisations by Noboru Karashima ; 5.3 Mathas, Saivasiddhantism, and Virasaivism by Noboru Karashima ; 6: 15th century to 17th century: Vijayanagar state and the outer world ; 6.1 Vijayanagar and the Sultanates in the Deccan by Noboru Karashima ; 6.2 Vijayanagar state and nayakas by Noboru Karashima ; 6.3 Development of trade and industry by Noboru Karashima ; 6.4 'Hindu Sultan' and religions by Noboru Karashima ; 6.5 Architectures and sculptures by P. Shanmugam ; 6.6 Nayaka states and the emergence of new ethos by Noboru Karashima ; 6.7 Coming of Europeans by N. Ota ; 7: 18th and 19th centuries: The British rule and Indian society (The long 19thcentury) ; 7.1 Regional states ; 7.1.1 Deccan sultanates and the hegemony of the Mughals by N. Ota ; 7.1.2 Successor State: Nizam by K. Yamada ; 7.1.3 Successor State: Mysore by N. Ota ; 7.1.4 Successor State: Tanjore by T. Inoue ; 7.1.5 Successor State: Travancore by T. Awaya ; 7.1.6 Economy and society by N. Ota ; 7.2 Colonisation of South India: East India Companies and the wars ; 7.2.1 Fortune of native powers and Carnatic Wars by N. Ota ; 7.2.2 The rise of Mysore kingdom and Mysore Wars by N. Ota ; 7.3 Incorporation into global economy ; 7.3.1 Development of market economy; Asian and European market relation; Political and economic subordination by T. Mizushima ; 7.4 Colonial formation ; 7.4.1 Mirasidars and colonial land systems by T. Mizushima ; 7.4.2 Colonial administration and education policy in contention by M. Shiga ; 7.5 Responses to colonial formation ; 7.5.1 Landholders in the nineteenth century by T. Mizushima ; 7.5.2 South Indian cotton industry by H. Yanagisawa ; 7.5.3 Changes in agrarian society by H. Yanagisawa ; 7.5.4 Social movements: Tamil Renaissance and new identity by M. Shiga ; 7.5.5 Decline of the matrilineal system in modern Kerala by T. Awaya ; 8: 20th century: Independence and After ; 8.1 Towards Independence: Politics, society, and economy ; 8.1.1 Non-Brahmin movement by M. Shiga ; 8.1.2 Pre-Independence women's movements by Parvathi Menon ; 8.1.3 South Indian economy before the Independence by H. Yanagisawa ; 8.1.4 Devadasi issue by T. Inoue ; 8.1.5 New trends in music by T. Inoue ; 8.2 Independence and after: Politics, society, and economy ; 8.2.1 Language issue and the state by K. Yamada ; 8.2.2 State politics in Tamil Nadu by M. Shiga ; 8.2.3 State politics in Andhra Pradesh by K. Yamada ; 8.2.4 Post-Independence women's movements by Parvathi Menon ; 8.2.5 Industrial growth and agrarian change by H. Yanagisawa ; 8.2.6 Cinema and TV by T. Inoue ; Epilogue: Establishment of National Cuisine and South India by Noboru Karashima ; About the Editor ; Index