[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) › c4 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c4: Contents A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c4 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c4.1) 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c4) · Pramāṇa