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A significant feature of the important study of medieval Andhra history is the close examination of contemporary epigraphical data relating to specific social and economic issues. The large number of stone and copper plate inscriptions of 11th and 12th centuries a.d. provide substantial material for the historians to make historical generalizations, which also allows for a range of historical interpretations. To avid arbitrariness of the arguments, particularly ...
The book presents an enlightening account of Chalukya Cholas, focusing the transitional phase between the rule of Eastern Chalukyas and the Kakatiyas in the Andhra History. The period of about two centuries of medieval Andhra has been dealt with multi-dimensionally: political, social, economical, architectural and religious, including the decline of Jainism and re-emergence of Saivism and Vaishnavism with their further divisions. In this backdrop, the secular ...