A Short History of South India covers a vast canvas from the 4th Century A.D. which coincided with the rise of the Sathvahans, South of the Vindhyas and stretching up to the 16th Century A.D., which witnessed the decline of the Vijayanagara Kingdom.
The objective of this book is mainly to focus attention on certain hitherto neglected areas of the South Indian history and to explode the myth that the presence of the Vindhyas caused a North-South divide.
The North remained mostly isolated from the culturally rich Southern peninsula. As a matter of fact, a very rich culture thrived in the South during the various dynasties, which existed during this stretch of period and
