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050 00 $aDS485.V6$bK37 1992
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100 1 $aKarashima, Noboru,$d1933-2015.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84041315
245 10 $aTowards a new formation :$bSouth Indian society under Vijayanagar rule /$cNoboru Karashima.
260 $aDelhi ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1992.
300 $axii, 294 pages :$bmaps ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aContinuation of: South Indian history and society, 1984.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-279) and index.
505 0 $aI. Emergence of a New Political Structure. 1. Nayaka Rule in North and South Arcot Districts. 2. Vijayanagar Rule and Nattavars in the Vellar Valley. 3. Changes in Vijayanagar Rule in the Lower Kaveri Valley. 4. Two Semi-independent Governors of Cholamandalam. 5. Nayakas in Chingleput District Inscriptions -- II. Socio-Economic Developments Under Vijayanagar Rule. 6. Emergence of New Groups of Landholders and the Condition of Cultivators. 7. Nayakas and Merchants as Lease-holders of Temple Lands. 8. The Uprising of the Valangai/Idangai Groups: Conflict in Agrarian Society. 9. Growth of Power in the Kaikkola and Kanmala Communities. 10. Development of Overseas Trade -- III. Vijayanagar Revenue Policy and Society. 11. Statistical Analysis of Revenue Terms in Inscriptions. 12. Pandaravadai as Taxable Land -- App. 1. Distribution Tables of Revenue Terms in Inscriptions -- App. 2. Concordance of Revenue Terms in Inscriptions -- App. 3. Chronological List of Inscriptions Yielding Revenue Terms.
520 $aThe focus of this path-breaking study is the social and economic changes that took place in South India, under the rule of the Vijayanagar kings, from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries. A significant feature of the work is the close examination of contemporary inscriptional data, both published and unpublished, relating to social and economic issues as well as to the restructuring of state administration.
520 8 $aEarlier studies have relied heavily on the limited and arbitrary evidence offered by the brief English versions of inscriptions published in epigraphical reports; in this study the careful scrutiny of primary sources has both revealed important new evidence on social and economic issues, and led to fresh interpretations of known facts.
520 8 $aThe first major topic is the changes in administrative structure that took place towards the close of the fifteenth century in the Tamil country under Vijayanagar rule. The oppressive and exploitative regime of state officials (which had led to a major uprising in 1429) was gradually replaced by a highly-decentralized system under which nayakas, former military commanders who were granted large territories by the king, functioned somewhat like the feudal lords of medieval Europe and Japan.
520 8 $aThis system lasted for over 150 years in South India. The second issue to be examined is the changes taking place in the agrarian sector during this period. Large landowners, many of them non-Brahmanas, became a significant feature of agrarian society from the fourteenth century. Industries such as oil-pressing, sugar manufacturing and weaving became important in the North and South Arcot districts, while overseas trade flourished.
520 8 $aWhile the oppressive rule of Vijayanagar officials had led to an open revolt in 1429 by artisans, cultivators and merchants, it appears that under the more benign nayaka administration these conflicts died down, and a great expansion of manufactures and trade took place, leading to the emergence of a new social structure in South India by the middle of the sixteenth century.
651 0 $aVijayanagar (Empire)$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aLand tenure$zIndia$zVijayanagar (Empire)$xHistory.
650 0 $aInscriptions$zIndia, South.
740 0 $aSouth Indian history and society.
852 00 $bglx$hDS485.V6$iK37 1992