social formations in south India-economy, technology, social relations, institutions, agrarian structure, political processes, state, writing, and so on. The collection is broadly organized into four parts viz., the methodological perspectives, pre-historic formations, agro-pastoral social formation, and agrarian social formation. The author also discusses problems related to the pre-historic and early historical periods and explores the factors that led to the end of the early historical and the beginning of early medieval period in south Indian history. This book will be of considerable interest to scholars, teachers, and students of ancient and early medieval history, archaeology, anthropology, and sociology particularly those concerned with south India.

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