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Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: [ on 04:53 PM 7/16/2007 ]
Progress and faith are hampered by the author's habit of making
unsupported claims. Yet, as I am discovering in the absence of data,
one tall claim is as good as any other. Are there any well researched
books on the subject of ancient South India?
Here's a recommendation from a cousin of mine, who's done some
tangentially related work herself [1]:
<quote>
About books on ancient Tamil history, one of the best historians I
can recommend
is R. Champakalakshmi. Here is a blurb about her that you can forward to your
friend:
Prof. Champakalakshmi was a Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University from 1983
to 1998. Her best known publications include Vaisnava Iconography in the Tamil
Country (1981); Trade, ideology and Urbanization: South India from
c. 300 BC to
AD 1300 (1996); Tradition, Dissent and Ideology: Essays in Honour of Romila
Thappar (1996); The Hindu Temple (2001). Her publications have covered Art,
Architecture; Religion and Society; Ideology and the State, Political
Geography, Economy, Urbanization and Society in South India, have appeared in
National and International Academic Journals. Now she continues to be actively
engaged in research work on Religion and Society and Tamil Culture and Caste
and Community identities in pre- Modern South India and other aspects of South
Indian History including a text book on South Indian history for the Graduate
and Post- Graduate levels.
</quote>
Udhay
[1] http://www.sainit.fas.harvard.edu/faculty.htm
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