TY - BOOK AU - Veluthat, Kesavan TI - The Early Medieval in South India: SN - 0-19-806914-6 U1 - 954.8 23 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press N1 - Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Tamilakam in General: 1. Into the 'Medieval' and out of It; 2. The Temple in Medieval South India; 3. Land Rights and Social Stratification; 4. Labour Rent and Produce Rent; 5. Nadu in the Socio-political Structure; Part II. Medieval Kerala: 6. .The Keralolpatti as History; 7. Epigraphy in the Historiography of Kerala; 8. Literacy and Communication in Pre-modern Kerala; 9. The King as Lord and Overlord; 10. A Capital City as Sacred Centre; 11. Medieval Kerala: State and Society; 12. Landlordism in Medieval Kerala; 13. Evolution of Regional Identity; Part III. In the Neighborhood: Early Medieval Karnataka: 14. Velevali in Karnataka; 15. Landed Magnates as State Agents Index ER -