Champakalakshmi R. Trade, Ideology and Urbanization: South India, 300 BC to AD 1300

Oxford University Press, 1999. — 500 p.This book studies two relatively unknown phases of urbanization in South India in the early historical (300 BC - AD 300) and the early medieval (AD 600-1300) periods. The author analyses the reasons for urbanization not merely in terms of the economy and demography but also Cola imperialism and the bhakt ideology in this process.R. Champakalakshmi, former Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.