SEMESTER II HYC 02 �CULTURAL TRANSITIONS IN PRE- MODERN KERALA To give the students a general idea of Kerala history over different phases and to make them understand the available works, concepts and to analyse the available data for getting an insight into the cultural transformation, society had undergone. Module 1 Iron Age and Ancient Tamil Societies (A) Geographical setting - Iron age and the beginning of societies archaeological evidences and anthropological inferences - megaliths and other burial practices (B) Ancient Tamil heroic poems: The corpus- Nature and Classification - chronology, Idea of the Sangam Age - Tamil Heroic culture: features, social groups, institutions and culture the tinai concept chiefdom polity Presence of Jains, Buddhists and Brhahmins Implications of Roman trade. Readings 1. Raghava Varrier and Rajan Gurukkal (eds.), Cultural History of Kerala. Vol. I, Govt of Kerala, Trivandrum, [Chapter II, III, IV, V (pp. 31- 234)] 2. K.A.N.Nilakanta Sastri, A History of South India, OUP, 2008, (Chapters III and VII) 3. A. Sreedhara Meneon, Survey of Kerala History (D. C Books, 2nd Ed. Kottayam, 2008) Chapters I, III, IV, V, VI. 4. K N Ganesh., Keralathinre Innelakal, (1990), Cultural Department, Government of Kerala, Trivandrum [Chapters I, VI] 5. Raghava Varier and Rajan Gurukkal, Kerala Charitram (Vallathol Vidyapeetham, Sukapuram, Edappal)[Chapter II, III] Module 2 Agrarian and Brahmin Settlements - 32 Settlements - The Temple and the Bhakti cult - Alvars and Naynars - Perumals of Mahodayapuram- Nature of Monarchy, Jews, Syrian Christians, Arabs - Cultural achievements. Readings: 1. Raghava Varier and Rajan Gurukkal (eds.), Cultural History of Kerala. Vol. I. [Chapter II, III, IV, V] 2. Sreedhara Menon, Survey of Kerala History. [Chapters VI, IX, X] 3. Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, Studies in Kerala History (National Book Stall, Kottayam) 4. K N Ganesh., Keralathinte Innelakal, Chapter [VII] 5. Raghava Varier and Rajan Gurukkal, Kerala Charithram [Chapter II, III] 6. M G S Narayanan., Cultural Symbiosis, Sandhya Publications, Calicut. 7. M G S Narayanan, Aspects of Aryanisation. (Kerala Historical Society, Trivandrum) 8. Rajan Gurukkal., The Kerala Temple and the Early Medieval Agrarian System, Vallathol Vidyapeedhom� Module 3 The Rise of Nadus and Naduvazhis Venad Kozhikode Kolathunadu Cochin other nadus and swaroopams the resources of the nadus and swaroopams the formation of independent Monarchies. a. Sreedhara Meneon, Survey of Kerala History.� [Chapters IX, X, XI, XII] b. R Champakalakshmi, Kesavan Veluthat et. al. State and Society in Pre- Modern Kerala, Cosmo Books, Trissur. [Chapters 2, 5,6,7] c. K P Padmanabha Menon, History of Kerala Vols. (Asian Education Services, Madras) d. P K S Raja, Medieval Kerala. (Nava Kerala Co-operative Publishing House Ltd. Calicut) e. K V Krishna Iyer, Zamorins of Calicut. Module 4 Agriculture and trade Society and culture in Travancore and Malabar The Marumakkathayam System Science and Literature. Readings 1. Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, Studies in Kerala History (National Book Stall, Kottayam). 2. P.J.Cherian (ed.)., Perspectives in Kerala History, Gazetteer Department, Tirvandrum, [ChapterIII, VII] 3. Sreedhara Menon, Cultural Heritage of Kerala, S. V. Publishers, Madras, [Chapters 13, 14] .