Trade, Ideology and Urbanization: South India 300 BC to Ad 1300

By R. Champakalakshmi

This book studies two relatively unknown phases of urbanization in South India in the early historical (300 BC - AD 300) and the early medieval (AD 600-1300) periods. The author analyses the reasons for urbanization not merely in terms of the economy and demography but also Cola imperialism and the bhakt ideology in this process.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195638700
• ISBN13: 9780195638707
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.5"