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