[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 # Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest Sātavāhanas, Kṣatrapas, Vākāṭakas, Cāḷukyas of Bādāmi and Kalyāṇī, Rāṣṭrakūṭas, Yādavas of Devagiri, Kalacuris; chronology from copperplates and cave inscriptions. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [R. G. Bhandarkar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/bhandarkar-rg) - **Extent:** 968 passages, 68,597 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 3rd ed., Calcutta 1928; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8 Flash · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (R. G. Bhandarkar †1925); published before 1931: public… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c1) — 8 parts - [c2 Preface to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c2) — 3 parts - [c3 Preface to the Third Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c3) — 3 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c4) — 1 part - [c5 Corrections](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c5) — 1 part - [c6 Additions and Further Corrections](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c6) — 12 parts - [c7 Introductory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c7) — 13 parts - [c8 Section I. Etymology of the Word "Dekkan" and Its Denotation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c8) — 12 parts - [c9 Section II. Settlement of the Âryas in the Dekkan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c9) — 13 parts - [c10 Section III. Approximate Date of the Âryan Settlement in the Dekkan and Notices of Southern India in Ancient Indian Literature and Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c10) — 36 parts - [c11 Section IV. Political History of the Dekkan or Mahârâshṭra—Analysis of the Historical Inscriptions in the Cave-Temples of Western India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c11) — 45 parts - [c12 Section V. Native and Foreign Princes Mentioned in the Inscriptions—Identification of the Former with the Andhrabhṛityas of the Purâṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c12) — 4 parts - [c13 Section VI. Chronology of the Andhrabhṛityas or Sâtavâhanas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c13) — 34 parts - [c14 Section VII. Political and Literary Traditions About the Sâtavâhanas or Sâlivâhanas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c14) — 12 parts - [c15 Section VIII. Religious, Social, and Economic Condition of Mahârâshtra under the Andhrabhṛityas or Sâtavâhanas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c15) — 18 parts - [c16 Section IX. Probable History of the Period Between the Extinction of the Andhrabhṛityas and the Rise of the Châlukyas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c16) — 10 parts - [c17 Section X. The Early Châlukyas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c17) — 91 parts - [c18 Section XI. The Râshṭrakûṭas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c18) — 209 parts - [c19 Section XIII. The Kalachuris](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c19) — 42 parts - [c20 Section XIV. The Yâdavas of Devagiri—Early History of the Family](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c20) — 49 parts - [c21 Section XV. The Yâdavas of Devagiri](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21) — 101 parts - [c22 Section XVI. The Śilâhâras of Kolhâpur](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c22) — 43 parts - [c23 Appendix A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c23) — 18 parts - [c24 Appendix B](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c24) — 17 parts - [c25 Appendix C. Introduction to Hemâdri's Vratakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c25) — 8 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884) · Pramāṇa