[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) › c8.2 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c8.2 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c8.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.2) Nature of the subject and evidence—Paleolithic Stage—Upper Paleolithic—Mesolithic Stage and Microliths—Neolithic Stage—rock-paintings—Megaliths and their date—Adichanallur—Nilgiris—race-types: negrito; proto-Australoid; proto-Mediterranean; Mediterranean; Alpine-Armenoid; Nordic—Languages: Indo-Aryan; Dravidian; Austro-Asiatic—linguistic affinities of Dravidian in western Asia—cultural affinities between western Asia and South India—Haimendorf’s view of the Dravidian problem. - [Previous: c7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c7.41) - [Next: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.3) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ādichanallūr](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.adichanallur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.2) · Pramāṇa