[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955) › c19.s1.2 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.2 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.2 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.2) The foundation of the Chola and Vijayanagar empires was marked by notable efforts to elucidate the Vedas. In the reign of Chola Parāntaka I, Venkata Mādhava, who lived in a village on the banks of the Kaveri, wrote the Rigarthadipikā. Under the patronage of the early Vijayanagar sovereigns, notably Bukka I, a large syndicate of scholars, headed by Sāyaṇa, undertook and completed the stupendous task of commenting upon the Samhitas of all the four Vedas and many of the Brāhmaṇas and Āraṇyakas. - [Previous: c19.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.1) - [Next: c19.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.3) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.2) · Pramāṇa