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Essays on South India
English
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About the
The essays of this volume were first presented to a conference of South Indian specialists convened at the University of Wisconsin on 7-9 April 1970. This was the second such conference of the Society for South Indian Studies, the first having met at the University of Texas on 5-7 December 1968, from which came a valuable set of essays entitled Symposium on Dravidian Civilization (1971), edited by Andree F. Sjoberg.
Robert E. Frykenberg, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, the convenor of the second SSIS conference, intended that the papers and discussion should be a comprehensive "stock-taking" of scholarship on South India. Each of the scholars invited to present papers was specifically asked to make such an assessment in the field of his or her competence and was also asked to suggest potentially useful lines of future research in the light of that assessment.
The scope of the essays is broad; they reflect the range of interests and scholarship of Americans in South India. And, though each of the writers accepted the charge of Professor Frykenberg to survey some portion of the totality of knowledge of South Indian society, culture, and history, some essays provide new and sometimes starling formulations. This was an unexpected divident of the conference.
About the
Burton Stein, an eminent historian, is Emeritus Professor of History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
CONTENTS
Editor's Preface
Archaeology in South Accomplishments and Prospects
Clarence Maloney.
Ancient Tamil Its Scholarly Past and Future
George L. Hart III
The State and the
220
About the
The essays of this volume were first presented to a conference of South Indian specialists convened at the University of Wisconsin on 7-9 April 1970. This was the second such conference of the Society for South Indian Studies, the first having met at the University of Texas on 5-7 December 1968, from which came a valuable set of essays entitled Symposium on Dravidian Civilization (1971), edited by Andree F. Sjoberg.
Robert E. Frykenberg, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, the convenor of the second SSIS conference, intended that the papers and discussion should be a comprehensive "stock-taking" of scholarship on South India. Each of the scholars invited to present papers was specifically asked to make such an assessment in the field of his or her competence and was also asked to suggest potentially useful lines of future research in the light of that assessment.
The scope of the essays is broad; they reflect the range of interests and scholarship of Americans in South India. And, though each of the writers accepted the charge of Professor Frykenberg to survey some portion of the totality of knowledge of South Indian society, culture, and history, some essays provide new and sometimes starling formulations. This was an unexpected divident of the conference.
About the
Burton Stein, an eminent historian, is Emeritus Professor of History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
CONTENTS
Editor's Preface
Archaeology in South Accomplishments and Prospects
Clarence Maloney.
Ancient Tamil Its Scholarly Past and Future
George L. Hart III
The State and the
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First published December 1, 1996
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July 14, 2016
Smattering of essays. Best ones imo: Ancient Tamil Literature: Its Scholarly Past and Future---- Makes a good case that sanskritization has been overstated in the south. Argues that caste, temple institution, much of religion, language, and secular culture are tamil in origin.
The State and the Agrarian Order in Medieval South India--- Like a lot of Stein's work, it portrays south india as a highly decentralized society, with local government and mercantile temple institutions being far more powerful and relevant than the central government.
The second to last essay, about caste, aint bad either. Caste sure behaves differently in South India.
The State and the Agrarian Order in Medieval South India--- Like a lot of Stein's work, it portrays south india as a highly decentralized society, with local government and mercantile temple institutions being far more powerful and relevant than the central government.
The second to last essay, about caste, aint bad either. Caste sure behaves differently in South India.
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