THE PRESENT Volume is a collection of Papers read at the Ninth Annual Conference of the Institute held at S. V. University, Tirupati (A. P.), in October 1971. As the title indicates, it is an account of the contact and interaction between the North and the South in Indian history throughout the ages. It is the first attempt of its kind in Indian Historiography. The terms North and South may be interpreted in different senses for different purposes. From the geographical point of view the dividing line between the North and the South is the great Vindhya Mountains. From the ethnological point of view the dividing line is to be shifted further south, separating the Aryan-settled region from the North to the Deccan and the Dravidian-settled region in the deep South covering the present four States of Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. From the social and cultural point of view also the dividing line runs between the Aryan North and the Dravidian South. The Deccan thus fell in a region which might be included in North India in one sense and in South India in a different sense. For the purpose of the present volume, we have taken the Vindhya Mountains as a dividing line between the North and the South. We have treated the geographical division as more important from the point of view of Indian history than ethno-logical, linguistic, social and cultural factors.
There is a general impression among many that before the advent of the British, India had never seen political, social and cultural unity. Particularly between the North and the South there had always been a great divide. There were no doubt military clashes from time to time but by and large the two parts of India lived in isolation and developed on separate lines. This Historical myth is sought to be sustained by the Hindi-wallas of North India and the protagonists of a separate Dravi disthan in the South. The present work has been undertaken to clear up the general misconceptions and to examine from the facts of history throughout the ages the constant and fruitful interaction between the North and the South.
From the papers included in this volume it will be perfectly clear that the North and the South never lived in total isolation and developed on separate lines. For the purpose of a comprehensive study we have divided the subject into three periods-Ancient, Medieval and Modern.
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