Books/Monographs (Authored)

✔ Political Change and Agrarian Tradition in South India (1600-1801), Mittal Publications, Delhi, 1986.
✔ Environment and Urbanization in Early Tamilakam, Tamil University, Thanjavur, 1988.
✔ Evolution of Political Society in South India, Kalinga Publications, Delhi, 1993.
✔ Rhythm in Historical Cognition (Co-author), Kalinga Publications, Delhi, 1993.
✔ Music as History in Tamilnadu, Primus Publications, Delhi, 2010.

Forthcoming

✔ Interdisciplinarity, Music, History and the Tamils – Essays in Memory of TRS.
✔ History in the Class Room: Thoughts on the Political Experience of Pre-Colonial Tamils.

Books/Monographs (Edited and others)

✔ Town Planning in Early South India (Prefatory Introduction), Mittal Publications, 1987.
✔ Marriage and Worship in Early Societies (Prefatory Introduction), Mittal Publication, 1988.
✔ Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 49th, 50th and 51st Sessions (Editor cum Publisher).
✔ Trends in Social Science Research, Special issue: Culture Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, June 1997
(Guest Editor).
✔ Negotiating India’s Past, Essays in Memory of Partha Sarathi Gupta, (Co-editor) Tulika Books,
New Delhi, 2003.
✔ Telephonic Counselling in University System (Co-author), Delhi, 2005.

Papers

✔ Naga Origin of Pallavas of Kanchi – Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 1977.
✔ Social Roots of Early Tamilian Religious Ideology – Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 1978.
✔ Pattern of Economy of Early Tamils – Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 1980.
✔ Chieftaincies of Sangam Age – A Developmental Approach, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 1981.
✔ Environmental and Economic Orientation of Sangam Monarchy (Vendu) – Proceedings of the South Indian History Congress, 1981.
✔ Growth of Urban Centres in Early Tamilakam – Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 1982.
✔ Pattern of Political Structure in the Sangam Age – Heritage of the Tamils, International Institute of Tamil Studies,Madras, 1983.
✔ Kallar Settlement and the Rise of Pudukottai Town, Tamil Studies, Madras, 1987.
✔ Bhakti Ideology Vis-a-vis Hymns of Saivite Nayanmars – Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 50th Session, 1989.
✔ Poligari System and Agricultural Labour in the Tamil Country – Bihar Itihas Parishad, 1992.
✔ The Concept of Androgyne and Historical Explanation. The Case of Kanci Pallavas. Trends in Social Science Research (1994) 2 December.
✔ Chiefdom to State: Reflections on Kaveri Delta Social Formations, Proceedings of the Indian History, 57th Session, Chennai.
✔ Politics, Culture and ‘Caste’ in Early Tamilakam, Social Science Probings, March 1994 – December 1995.
✔ Rational and Social Foundations of Music and Dance of Early Tamils, First to Fourth Centuries, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Patiala, 1998.
✔ Devoluted Patterns of Power During Vijayanagar Hegemony and their Impact on Society and Religion, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Calicut, 1999.
✔ “Social Life of the Early Tamils: Random Reflection on the Components” in S. Settar and P.K.V. Kaimal (eds.), We Lived Together, Pragati Publications, ICHR, Monograph Series 3, Delhi, 2000.
✔ Music as History: The Tamilnadu Experience, Professor S. Rajendran Endowment Lecture, Loyola College, Chennai, 2001.
✔ “The Legitimacy of Order: Music as Ideology in Ancient and Medieval Tamilakam” in Biswamoy Pati et al. (eds.),Negotiating Indias’ Past: Essays in Memory of Partha Sarathy Gupta, Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2003.
✔ Maratta Tanjore in the Lyrics of Thyagaraja (circa A.D. 1763-1850) Mamidipudi Venkatrangiah Memorial Lecture, 27th Session A.P. History, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 4th January 2003.
✔ Of History and Historians: An Appreciation of Hobsbawm, Stein and Keay, Presidential Address, Historiography Section 27th Session, A.P. History Congress, S.V. University, Tirupati, 4th January 2003.
✔ Little Kings and Little Kingship in South India, 51st South India Heritage Lecture, Ramu Endowments, TAG Centre, Chennai, April 30, 2006.
✔ “History of Music During Vijayanagara – Nayak Phase” in P. Shanmugam and Srinivasan (eds.) Recent Advances in Vijayanagara Studies, New Era Publications, Chennai, 2006.
✔ “Political Heritage of South India in the Early Modern Period” in Prema Kasturi and Chithra Madhavan (eds.), South India Heritage: An Introduction, East West Books (Madras) Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
✔ “Economic Heritage of South India” in Prema Kasturi and Chithra Madhavan (eds.), South India Heritage: An Introduction, East West Books (Madras) Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
✔ Knowledge and Society: Understanding Historical Transitions, Keynote Address, 28th Session, South Indian History Congress, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantpur (AP), January 19-21, 2008.
✔ ‘Interdisciplinarity, Music, History and the Tamils’, Sangeet Natak Volume XLIV, Number 4, 2010, pp3-19.
✔ ‘Historical Dimensions of Thevaara Isai’ Sangeet Natak, Volume XLV, Number 1, 2011, pp34-45