Explorations in South Indian History
This compendium of 29 essays attempts to explore the diverse aspects of South Indian history. Dealing with the historiography of South India, it discusses at length the process of nationalism, early contacts between the North and the South, cultural heritage, ecological sustainability, people and life activities of Western Ghats, survival of the Neolithic in the Megalithic, agro-pastoralism, and the status of women.
Making an in-depth study of pre-modern society in South India, it presents a detailed account of culture and modernity. It describes in detail the social transformation of caste, class and gender, sexual lives of antarjanams, state of science and medicine, multiple representations of Pazhassi Raja, and the colonial fishery on the Malabar Coast.
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K.S. Madhavan