This compendium of 29 essays attempts to explore the diverse aspects of South Indian history. Dealing with the historiography of South India, it discusses at length the process of nationalism, early contacts between the North and the South, cultural heritage, ecological sustainability, people and life activities of Western Ghats, survival of the Neolithic in the Megalithic, agro-pastoralism, and the status of women. Making an in-depth study of pre-modern society ...
