[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 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar Political history of the peninsula (Sātavāhanas, Pallavas, Cāḷukyas, Rāṣṭrakūṭas, Cōḷas, Hoysaḷas, Vijayanagara) plus chapters on society, economy, literature, religion, art; bibliographies. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [K. A. Nilakanta Sastri](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sastri-kan) - **Extent:** 1,428 passages, 191,467 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 2nd ed., Madras 1958; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8… · In copyright (K. A. Nilakanta Sastri †1975); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c1) — 13 parts - [c2 Preface to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c2) — 4 parts - [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c3) — 6 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c4) — 1 part - [c5 Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c5) — 14 parts - [c6 Chapter I. Survey of the Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c6) — 56 parts - [c7 Chapter II. The Land in Relation to History](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c7) — 40 parts - [c8 Chapter III. The Earliest Peoples and Cultures](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8) — 71 parts - [c9 Chapter IV. The Dawn of History: Aryanization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c9) — 28 parts - [c10 Chapter V. The Age of the Mauryan Empire](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c10) — 21 parts - [c11 Chapter VI. The Sātavāhanas and Their Successors](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c11) — 92 parts - [c12 Chapter VII. The Age of the Śaṅgam and After](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c12) — 74 parts - [c13 Chapter VIII. Conflict of Three Empires](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c13) — 61 parts - [c14 Chapter IX. The Balance of Two Empires](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c14) — 85 parts - [c15 Chapter X. The Age of the Four Kingdoms](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c15) — 37 parts - [c16 Chapter XI. The Bāhmanīs and the Rise of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c16) — 89 parts - [c17 Chapter XII. The Empire of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c17) — 122 parts - [c18 Chapter XIII. Social and Economic Conditions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c18) — 44 parts - [c19 Chapter XIV. Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19) — 12 parts - [c20 Chapter XV. Religion and Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c20) — 37 parts - [c21 Chapter XVI. Art and Architecture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c21) — 128 parts - [c22 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c22) — 76 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955) · Pramāṇa