Evolution of Hindu Administrative Institutions in South India

About the book consists of six lectures delivered by the author as part of the William Meyer Lectures, Madras University 1929-1930. The six lectures discuss 1. South India- a Separate entity; 2. Political Ideas and Ideals; a. General ideas; b. Kural Polity; 3. Administration in the age of the Pallavas; 4. Administartion under the great Pallavas; 5. Rural Administration under the Chola empire; and 6. Administration of the Chola empire. This book is a reprint of the 1931 edition. About the Diwan Bahadur Sakkottai Krishnaswamy Aiyangar was an Indian historian, academician and Dravidologist. He chaired the Department of Indian History and Archaeology at the University of Madras from 1914 to 1929. He was born in a village near Kumbakonam in 1871. He did his education in Madras and worked as a lecturer in Bangalore from 1899 to 1909. In 1914, he was made Head of the Department of Indian History and Archaeology at the University of Madras and held this post from 1914 to 1929. Krishnaswamy Aiyangar died in 1946 at the age of 76. Aiyangar was elected a member of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1908 and was conferred a "Diwan Bahadur" title in 1928. He is known for the new methods he introduced in interpreting the history of Vijayanagar. His historical methodology is considered to be Indian nationalistic. The Title 'Evolution Of Hindu Administrative Institutions In South India written/authored/edited by S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 97