Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. 1892-1975.

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The illustrated history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar / K.A. Nilakanta Sastri ; with an introduction by R. Champakalakshmi and an epilogue by P.M. Rajan Gurukkal. . — New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009..

xxxii, 357 p. ill., maps 24 cm.

Reprint. First published: 1955.

Introduction / R. Champakalakshmi -- The earliest peoples and cultures -- The dawn of history : Aryanization -- The age of the Mauryan Empire -- The Satavahanas and their successors -- The age of the Sangam and after -- Conflict of three empires -- The balance of two empires -- The age of the four kingdoms -- The Bahmanis and the rise of Vijayanagar -- The empire of Vijayanagar -- Social and economic conditions -- Literature -- Religion and philosophy -- Art and architecture -- Epilogue / P.F. Rajan Gurukkal

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Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South India--History.