History and Culture of Tamil Nadu: Vol. 2

ISBN: 9788124603697
Year Of Publication: 2019
Edition: 2nd
Pages : xvii, 198
Bibliographic Details : Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Foreword By : K.V. Ramesh
Size: 23 cm.
Weight: 500

Epigraphy, or the study of inscriptions, has played a very important role in reconstructing the history of India. Tamil Nadu in particular has a very large number of epigraphs, which have been of immense help to historians in writing about the history of the Tamil country. The majority of these inscriptions are written in Tamil. However, beginning from the sixth century ad, a large number of inscriptions, both lithic and copper-plate grants came to be composed in Sanskrit as well. Some of these epigraphs are wholly in Sanskrit while some, especially the copper-plate inscriptions, are bi-lingual, with the first or prashasti portion in chaste Sanskrit and the second or operative part of the record being in Tamil.

Foreword by K.V. Ramesh
Preface
Abbreviations
Key to Transliteration
Introduction
1. Administration
Duties of a king — Kings as upholders of Social Order — Divine Origin — Coronation Ceremony — Viceroys — Emblems — Ministers — Military Administration — Weapons wielded by the kings — Army Divisions — Elephants — Artillery
2. Social and Economic Life
Brahmanas — Other Castes — Queens — Queens of the Madurai Nayakas — Queens of the Tanjavur Nayakas — Brahmana Women — Economic Life — Crops — Irrigation — Tanks and Channels — Special Privileges — Medicine — Temples
3. Education and Literature
Harihara II — Virupaksha — Deva Raya I — Deva Raya II — Vira-Nrisimha — Krishnadeva Raya — Acyuta Raya — Shriranga Raya — Venkata II — Venkata III — Nayaka kings of Madurai — Nayaka kings of Tanjavur — Later Pandyan kings — Marathas — Mathas — Poet-Composers of the Sanskrit Inscriptions — Literary Beauty of the Sanskrit Inscriptions — Manipravala Style — Vaishnava Mythology — Venkatesha — Varaha — Rama — Krishna — Bhudevi — Shaiva Mythology — Ardhanarishvara — Sharada — Ganesha — Muruga — Indra — Brahma
4. Religion
Harihara II — Virupaksha — Deva Raya I — Deva Raya II — Mallikarjuna — Krishnadeva Raya — Acyuta Raya — Sadashiva Raya — Tirumala I — Shriranga Raya — Venkata II — Venkata III — Nayaka rulers of Madurai — Nayaka rulers of Tanjavur — Raghunatha — Nayaka — Later Pandyan Kings — Marathas — Vassal chieftains, ministers and officials — Uttamanambis — Tatacarya — Spiritual preceptors — Vidyaranya — Mahadanas — Tulapurusha
Plates
Bibliography
Index