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Indian History: Part 37 Kingdoms of The Deep South Section I The Pandya Dynasty

Bangaluru, 29 January 2015 Introduction The area of the subcontinent, south of the Vindhya Mountains, which can be termed Peninsular India, can be further divided into South India and the Deccan Plateau. [In the previous volumes of this series, the terms Peninsula, Deccan, and South India have been used in a more generic and interchangeable […]

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FROM INDUS TO INDEPENDENCE: A TREK THROUGH INDIAN HISTORY: Part 19

Kolkatta, 18 November 2013 THROUGH THE AGE OF SANGAM Section II The Society and Government The Sangam literature provides a very accurate, complete and detailed picture of the prevalent society of the time. It is all the more surprising therefore that the same authors have not considered the chronology of the period and the dates […]

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