The Beginnings of Civilization in South India

Maloney, Clarence

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“… Champakalakshmi 1996Gurukkal 1995.  Devadevan 2006Selby 2008.  Maloney 1970Ray 2003;Abraham 2003;2008.…”

Section: Ii Regions Network and Connectivitymentioning

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3. Early Historic South Asia

Dwivedi

2019

Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

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Climate, and the Human Landscape The geographical borders of pre-nation-states or polities are difficult to chart out clearly. Yet it is more often than not that geography shapes political and cultural entities. South Asia forms one such entity, having physiographical markers that define the space both geographically and culturally. 1 This space is bounded by the Balochistan highlands to the west, the Swat valley in the northwest, the Himalayas in the north, the meridional mountain chain of Indochina in the east, and the peninsular region in the south. The peninsular south is surrounded by the Arabian Sea in the west, the Bay of Bengal in the east, and the Indian Ocean in the south. An extensive coastline of 11,104 km in total surrounds the Indian subcontinent (map 1). 2 Three physiographic divisions mark the mainland of the subcontinent: the Himalayas, the Indo-Gangetic Plains, and the peninsula. 3 The Himalayas are young tectonic mountains with various glacial snow formations. Melting glacial deposits form three perennial river systems, the Indus, the Ganga, and the Brahmaputra, with various distributaries and tributaries. These river systems inundate the northern plains and form deposits of fertile alluvial soil. The Indus River system flows into the Arabian Sea, while the Ganga and the Brahmaputra flow into the Bay of Bengal. The alluvial plains are bordered by the Aravali and Vindhya Ranges in the south. The Aravali plateaus are the oldest physiographical formations, and it is here that the Deccan plateau and peninsular India begin. Peninsular India is characterized by smaller zones, such as the lava trap topography with black soil in the western and upper Deccan, 4 granite areas in the eastern region, and red soil in the southern peninsula. 5 There are also pockets of alluvial soil zones in the Narmada, Tapti, Mahanadi, Godavari, Kaveri, and Krishna River valleys. 6

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“… Champakalakshmi 1996Gurukkal 1995.  Devadevan 2006Selby 2008.  Maloney 1970Ray 2003;Abraham 2003;2008.…”

Section: Ii Regions Network and Connectivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

3. Early Historic South Asia

Dwivedi

2019

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“…Given the distribution of Roman coin finds in particular, the Tamil lands may often in modern scholarship be intended as a synonym for the area of India engaged in maritime trade with the west, though this view is undoubtedly too simple, as evidence of coin finds from northern India will demonstrate. 620 Champakalakshmi (1981Champakalakshmi ( , 1987, Gurukkal (1993), Heitzman (1987), Mahalingam (1967Mahalingam ( , 1976, Maloney (1970), Mines (1984), Narayanan (1988), Ramaswamy (2004), Sharma (1988), Stein (1975Stein ( , 1980. Archaeological investigation has focussed most heavily on monumental, elite sites such as Kanchipuram and Gangaikondacholapuram.…”

Section: South India In the Fourth To Seventh Centuriesmentioning

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“…655 The texts appear to have been written in their surviving form over a number of centuries and the most widely accepted date for their production regards 653 Accounts of Indo-Roman trade supported by reference to Cankam literature: De Romanis (1997) 106, Kandaswamy (1984) 41, Raman (1991) 125, 129, 130, Suresh (2004) 23, Thapar (1997 17. Accounts of south Indian history supported by reference to Cankam literature: Aravamuthan (1925), Maloney (1970) 615, Nagaswamy (2006), Narayanan (1988) 21, 27, Paramasivanandam (1960) 12-20, Pillai (1932, Sarma (1978) 414, Shastri (1992) 126. 654 Zvelebil (1992).…”

Section: South India In the Fourth To Seventh Centuriesmentioning

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