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Coromandel

by Charles Allen

First published 2017

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4.3(301)

Charles Allen travels through southern India to examine histories that are often overshadowed by narratives centred on the Indo-Gangetic north. Moving through Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and neighbouring regions, he explores archaeology, language, religion and trade, from early Dravidian cultures and Jain and Buddhist communities to the great temple-building kingdoms of the south.

The journey continues through encounters with Islam, European commerce, Mysore and British expansion, while also considering how competing interpretations of the past shape modern politics. Part travel narrative and part historical synthesis, Coromandel presents South India as a region with its own connected histories of maritime exchange, literary culture, sacred landscapes and political power.

Historical Periods

East India Company Rule1757–1858 CE British Raj1858–1947 CE Ancient Indiac. 2600 BCE–550 CE

Genres

Political History

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