South Indian Studies

9th century Andhra Pradesh Bādāmi battle became belonged Bijapur Brahman Buddhism cave century A.D. Chēra Cheras chief Chōla coins copper copper-plate culture currency dated Deccan defeated District Dravidian Dvaita dynasty early Eastern Chalukyas empire epigraphs evidence excavated festival feudatory Ganga gold grant Haidar Hindu Hoysala ibid important industry inscriptions Jain Jaina Jainism jīva Kadambas Kākatīyas Kannada Karnataka Kerala king kingdom known Krishna Kulōttunga land language large number later legend literature Madras Madurai medieval megalithic mentioned Muslim Mysore Narasimha Nasal assimilation naya Palaeolithic Pallava Pandya period plates poets political Portuguese Prakrit Rāja Rājarāja Rājēndra Rāmānuja records references region regnal reign religion religious rule rulers Śaka Sangam Sanskrit Sastri Sātavāhana Satavahanas scholars Śiva Sōmēśvara South India śrī stone Tamil country Tamilnadu Telugu temple territory throne Tipu trade upto Varma Vedic Vengi verse Vijayanagara Vijayanagara empire Vikramaditya village Vīra Vishnuvardhana