Early History of the Dekkan

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Early History of the Dekkan

1895

Dakshinapatha or Dakshina was the name of the whole peninsula to the south of the Narmada. Among the countries enumerated in the Markandeya ' Vayii 4 and Matsya5 Purtinas as comprised in Dakshinapatha are those of the Cholas Paudyas and Keralas which wore situated in the extreme south of the peninsula and correspond to the modern provinces of Tanjor Madura and Malabar. [...] In modern times it is the name of the country between the Narmada on the north and a variable line along the course of the Krishna to the south exclusive of the provinces lying to the extreme east. [...] In the passage in the Rimiyuna referred to above the monkey-soldiers are directed to go to the countries of the Andhras (Telugu people) the Pfindyas the Cholas and the Keralas in the south ; and are told that they will there see the gate of the city of the l'indyas adorned with gold and jewels. [...] If these were the positions of the tribes in the time of the Aitareya Brahmana the Indian Aryas must at that time have been acquainted with the whole country to the north of the Vindhya and a portion to the south-east of that range. [...] Pinini gives rules for the formation of derivatives for the names of tribes of warriors which are at the same time the names of the countries inhabited by them in the sense of one sprung from an individual belonging to that tribe " and also it must be understood in the sense of " king of the country." Thus a man sprung from an individual of the tribe of the Pafichilas or the king of the coun
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Preface
i-iv Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Introductory
i-iv Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Additions and Further Corrections
1-2 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section I. Etymology of the word “Dekean” and its Denotation
1-2 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section II. Settlement of the Âryas in the Dekkan
3-5 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section III. Approximate Date of the Âryan Settlement in the Dekkan and Notices of Southern India in Ancient Indian Literature and Inscriptions
6-13 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section IV. Political History of the Dekkan or Mahârâshtra—Analysis of the Historical Inscriptions in the Cave-Temples of Western India
14-22 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section V. Native and Foreign Princes Mentioned in the Inscrictions— Identification of the Former with the Andhrabhrityas of the Purânas
23-24 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section VI. Chronology of the Andhbabrbityas or Sâtâvâhanas
25-36 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section VII. Political and Litzbaby Traditions About the Śâtavâhanas or Śâlivahânas
37-40 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section VIII. Religious Social and Economic Comdition or Mahârâshtra Under the Andhrabhrityas or Śâtavâhanas
41-44 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section IX. Probable History of the Period Between the Extinction of Theandhrabhrityas and the Rise of the Châlukyas
45-47 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section X. The Early Châlurtas
48-61 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section XI. The Râshtrakûtas
62-78 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section XII. The Later Châlukyas
79-92 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section XIII. The Kalachuris
93-97 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section XIV. The Yâdavas of Devagiri Early History of the Family
98-104 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section XV. The Yâdavas of Devagiri Later History
105-120 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Section XVI. The Śilaâhâras of Kolhâpur
121-125 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Appendix A. Note on the Gupta Era
126-131 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Appendix B. Note on the Saka dates and the years of the Bârhaspatya Cycle Occurring in the Inscriptions
132-135 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view
Appendix C. Introducation to Hemâdri’s Vratakhanda
136-143 Ramkrishna Bhandarkar view

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