TY - BOOK AU - Champaklakshmi, R. TI - Trade, ideology and urbanization : : South India 300 BC to AD 1300. SN - U1 - 307.2409548 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - PL KW - Urbanization KW - Cities and towns KW - Growth KW - India N2 - 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 ER -