TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kesavan Veluthat
TI  - The Early Medieval in South India
T2  - Oxford India paperbacks
SN  - 9780198069140 
U1  - 954.802 K48 S 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - India, South
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - The book comprehensively explores the 'early medieval' period in south India. Rich in historical data, it examines historiography and key debates structural transformation of economy, society, polity, and culture the role of temples, corporate bodies, land-rights, surplus extraction nature of state, landlordism, and regional identity Written over two decades, this distinctive collection explores- for the first time- the notion of 'early medieval' in south India. Presenting an alternative history of the deep south, Kesavan Veluthat re-examines the problems and patterns in the history of Tamilakam in general and early medieval Kerala and Karnataka in particular. Was there an 'early medieval' distinct from the preceding early historical formations in south India? What were the processes involved in this transition? is it possible to explain the processes and structures characterizing the early medieval period? In this context, the volume investigates areas like role of temples and corporate bodies, structure of land-rights, patterns of surplus extraction, nature of state, evolution of landlordism, and the emergence of regional identity
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