A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c4.1

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II. THE LAND IN RELATION TO HISTORY . . . 34 III. THE EARLIEST PEOPLES AND CULTURES . . 49 IV. THE DAWN OF HISTORY: ARYANIZATION . . 65 V. THE AGE OF THE MAURYAN EMPIRE . . . 79 VI. THE SĀTAVĀHANAS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS . . 88 VII. THE AGE OF THE SANGAM AND AFTER . . 110 VIII. CONFLICT OF THREE EMPIRES . . . . 141 IX. THE BALANCE OF TWO EMPIRES . . . . 166 X. THE AGE OF THE FOUR KINGDOMS . . . 203 XI. THE BĀHMANĪS AND THE RISE OF VIJAYANAGAR . 218 XII. THE EMPIRE OF VIJAYANAGAR . . . . 254 XIII. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS . . . 303 XIV. LITERATURE . . . . . . . 330 XV. RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY . . . . 411 XVI. ART AND ARCHITECTURE . . . . . 431