Daroji Valley: Landscape History, Place and the Making of a Dryland Reservoir System
- New Delhi Manohar Publications 2009
- 306p.
Acknowledgements p.vii, Chapter One: Making South India: Landscape Histories p.1, The Time and Space of Landscape History p.3, The Making of South India p.6, Research Methods p.8, Organization of the Work p.8, Chapter Two: Beyond The Local: The Daroji Valley in Time p.12, The Structure of the Long Run: Land and Climate p.14, Regional Settlement Dynamics: An Overview p.21, The Vijayanagara Period: Locality, City, Empire p.36, Chapter Three: Roles and Meanings of Some South Indian Places p.48, The Daroji Valley: A Landscape in History p.49, Some South Indian Places p.53, Discussion p.79, Chapter Four: Vijayanagara Reservoirs: Form, Function, and Meaning p.86, Reservoirs in South Asia p.86, Reservoirs as Physical Features: Form and Operation p.87, Integration with Other Facilities: Reservoirs as Elements in an Agricultural Landscape p.104, Reservoirs as Monuments p.109, Reservoirs as Temples p.116, Chapter Five: The Western Daroji Valley p.122, Settlement and Land Use in the Western Valley p.125, Vijayanagara Occupation in the Western Valley p.133, Chapter Six: The Main Valley: West p.160, The Main Valley United and Divided p.163, Settlement and Land Use in the Western Section of the Main Valley p.164, Discussion: The Western Part of the Main Valley p.217, Chapter Seven: The Main Valley: East p.219, Settlement and Land Use in the Eastern Part of the Main Valley p.221, Discussion: The Main Valley p.264, Chapter Eight: The Avinamodugu Valley p.268, The Avinamodugu Valley Prior to AD 1300 p.270, The Avinamodugu Valley After AD 1300 p.270, Discussion: The Avinamodugu Valley p.279, Chapter Nine: Making Places: A Long-Term View p.282, Landscape Histories: Time in Place p.283, The Daroji Valley p.284, The Avinamodugu Valley p.290, Beyond the Valley: Irrigation, Power, and Risk p.292, Discussion p.294, References Cited p.297