History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-II)
Who among the following historians stated that Vijayanagara represented more the control of the non-Tamil country, and a migration of Telugu warriors and peasants into Tamil Nadu?
ANoboru Karashima
BBurton Stein ✓ Correct
CKrishnaswami Aiyangar
DT.V. Mahalingam
Correct answer: (B) Burton Stein — It was Burton Stein, so the answer is Burton Stein.
Explanation
★It was Burton Stein, so the answer is Burton Stein.
★Burton Stein stated that Vijayanagara represented more the control of the non-Tamil country and a migration of Telugu warriors and peasants into Tamil Nadu.
★Burton Stein was an American historian who wrote extensively about South India.
★His important works include Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India.
★He also wrote Vijayanagara in The New Cambridge History of India, and A History of India.
★In it he described the political, social and economic system of the Vijayanagara empire in detail.
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