Champaklakshmi, R.

Trade, ideology and urbanization : South India 300 BC to AD 1300. / R.Champakalakshmi - New Delhi: Oxford University Press , 2006. - xiii, 485 p. - Oxford India paperbacks. .

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.




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Urbanization
Cities and towns-- India--Growth.
Cities and towns --Growth.

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