[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884) › c4 # Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c4: Contents Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c4 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c4.1) | | PAGE | | Introduction | 1—v | | Section I.—Etymology of the word Dekkan and its denotation | 1—3 | | Section II.—Settlement of the Âryas in the Dekkan | 4—9 | | Section III.—Approximate date of the Âryan settlement in the Dekkan and notices of Southern India in ancient Indian Literature and Inscriptions | 10—22 | | Section IV.—Political History of the Dekkan or Mahârâshṭra—Analysis of the historical inscriptions in the cave-temples of Western India | 23—38 | | Section V.—Native and Foreign Princes mentioned in the inscriptions. Identification of the former with the Andhrabhṛityas of the Purâṇas | 39—41 | | Section VI.—Chronology of the Andhrabhṛityas or Sâtavâhanas | 42—63 | | Section VII.—Political and literary traditions about the Sâtavâhanas or Sâlivâhanas | 64—69 | | Section VIII.—Religious, social, and economic condition of Mahârâshṭra under the Andhrabhṛityas or Sâtavâhanas | 70—76 | | Section IX.—Probable history of the period between the extinction of the Andhrabhṛityas and the rise of the Châlukyas | 77—81 | | Section X.—The early Châlukyas | 82—105 | | Section XI.—The Râshṭrakûṭas | 106—135 | | Section XII.—The later Châlukyas | 136—159 | | Section XIII.—The Kalachuris | 160—169 | | Section XIV.—The Yâdavas of Devagiri,—\*early history of the family\* | 170—182 | | Section XV.—Ditto ditto \*later history\* | 183—209 | | Section XVI.—The Śilâhâras of Kolhâpur | 210—217 | | Appendix A.—Note on the Gupta Era | 218—230 | | Appendix B.—Note on the Śaka dates and the years of the Bârhaspatya cycle occurring in the inscriptions | 231—237 | | Appendix C.—Introduction to Hemâdri's Vratakhaṇḍa, Râjapraśasti I | 238—245 | | Ditto ditto II | 245—247 | | Notes | 249 | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c4) · Pramāṇa