History of India: ancient and medieval / Early medieval south India and the Deccan
Later Chalukyas, Hoysalas, Kakatiyas, Yadavas and Pandyas
Practise 4 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Chalukyas of Kalyani: Vikramaditya VI, Bilhana's Vikramankadevacharita, Vijnaneshvara's Mitakshara
- Hoysalas of Dwarasamudra (Halebid, Karnataka): Vishnuvardhana, Ballala II; rise in the eleventh to twelfth century
- Kakatiyas of Warangal: Ganapati, Rudramadevi, Prataparudra; Motupalli as the chief port (Marco Polo)
- Yadavas (Sevunas) of Devagiri and their fall to the Khaljis
- Pandyas of Madurai (Maravarman Sundara, Jatavarman Sundara), Marco Polo's account, Kayal port
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 2 to 3
- ch. 2
- ch. 3
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, pp. 188-212 (printed 184-208)
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, The End of Chola Rule (Chalukyas of Kalyani), p. 199 (printed 195)
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, The End of Chola Rule; Sadaiyavarman Sundarapandyan (Hoysalas), pp. 199-202 (printed 195-198)
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, 11.2.3 Economy (Motupalli, Marco Polo), pp. 204-205 (printed 200-201)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Military Campaigns (Devagiri), p. 173 (printed 169)
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, 11.2.1 Pandya Rulers; Sadaiyavarman Sundarapandyan; 11.2.2 State, pp. 201-203 (printed 197-199)
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, 11.2.3 Economy (Marco Polo, Kayal), pp. 204-205 (printed 200-201)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, pp. 1-14 (printed 16-29)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 12 Bahmani and Vijayanagar Kingdoms, Introduction (Hoysalas of Dvarasamudra), p. 5 (printed 1)
- Lesson 12 Bahmani and Vijayanagar Kingdoms, Introduction (Kakatiyas of Warangal), p. 5 (printed 1)
- Lesson 12 Bahmani and Vijayanagar Kingdoms, Introduction (Yadavas of Devagiri), p. 5 (printed 1)