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CONTENTS
 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
v
PREFACE
ix
 

CHAPTER ONE

PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY

 

1
I 
The Land and the People,
1
II 
Early South India,
3
III 
Pre-Aryan Civilization,
8
IV 
"1984"-B.C.,
13
V 
Race Movements and Prehistoric Culture,
25
VI 
Prehistory in South India,
36
VII 
Prehistoric Antiquities,
37
 
 

CHAPTER TWO

LANGUAGE

 

43
I 
The Dravidian Language: Grouping and Distribution,
43
II 
Linguistic Prehistory,
49
III 
Dravidian Words in Sanskrit,
53
IV 
Dravidian and Ural-Altaic,
56
V 
Controversy about Words,
61
VI 
Language in Ceylon,
64
VII 
Tamil and Sanskrit in South East Asia,
65
 
 

CHAPTER THREE

LITERATURE

 

69
I 
The Tolkaapiyam,
69
II 
Characteristics of Classical Poetry,
71
III 
Nature Poetry and the Regional Division,
83
IV 
The Epic of the Anklet-Cilappatikaaram,
88
V 
The Characters in the Epic of the Anklet,
92
VI 
Manimeekalai,
95
VII 
Lofty Maxims,
98
VII 
Message to the World,
101
 
 
 
 

CHAPTER FOUR

THE FINE ARTS

107

I 
Origins of South Indian Art,
107
II 
The Ideal of Feminine Beauty,
112
III 
Early Dravidian Temples,
115
IV 
Dravidian Architecture,
116
V 
The Ritual Dance,
118
VI 
The King of Dancers,
120
VII 
Music,
122
VIII 
Musical Instruments,
124
 
 

CHAPTER FIVE

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE

 

127
I 
The Three Kingdoms,
127
II 
Territorial Divisions,
130
III 
Maritime Character,
133
IV 
The Chieftaincies,
135
V 
The Tamils and the Early History of Ceylon,
137
VI 
Town Life and Village Life,
140
VII 
Rural Government,
141
 
 

CHAPTER SIX

TRADE

 

145
I 
Trade with East and West,
145
II 
Roman Coins and Roman Wine,
150
III 
Malayadvipa-A Study in Early Indianization,
162
 
 
CHAPTER SEVEN 
RELIGION
181
I 
Regional Cults,
181
II 
The God of Youth and Beauty,
184
III 
Saivaism,
186
IV 
Elements of Philosophy,
190
V 
Jainism and Buddhism,
193
VI 
Superstitions,
195
VII 
Monastic Caves,
196
 
 
CHAPTER EIGHT 
DRAVIDIANS AND ARYANS
201
I 
Dravidian Traditions in India,
201
II 
Dravidians and Aryans,
209
III 
Affinities with Mediterranean Cults,
212
IV 
Ancient Poetry,
217
V 
The Marriage Ceremony,
218
VI 
The Gods,
219
 
 
 
 
APPENDIX
223
INDEX
229

 

 
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