>> Suresh Kolichala sagte / wrote:
> Just to make a this post relevent to telugu and telusa, let me pose
> few questions: what are the books on telugu/Andhra history that are
> considered as scientific and authoritative ? Who wrote them ?
I think we have to differentiate between Andhra and Telugu history, though
they have become synonymous in the recent centuries.
The most often quoted book is Etukuri Balarama Murthy's. PALANAgaaru posted
a couple of articles on the history of Telugu-s (partly quoting from
Etukuri's book) 3.5 years ago.
Now, Etukuri is criticised by certain people for taking the communistic (?)
approach to write Telugu History. It was said that he saw it with red eyes.
On similar note, even Romila Thapar was not spared and was heavily
criticised by a political party in India. People working at JNU are Marxists,
it was said.
> Are they originally written in Telugu ?
Etukuri's book? Yes! Then mallampalli sOmaSEkharaSarma wrote extensively.
But, he was more an archaeologist by profession. All that I have learnt about
Telugu history is from _telugu vijnaana sarwaswam_ (a 11 vol work! Esp. the
Vols 1, 3 and 4 are relevant here.). Also we have some books from Chilukuri
Narayana Rao. But Chilukuri's books may be 'out dated' now. One author who
extensively wrote (still writing ?) on Andhra, A.P history is P. Raghunatha
Rao.
Then, a few years ago I read the following title:
%Au: Yashoda Devi
%Ti: The history of Andhra country : 1000 A.D. - 1500 A.D.
%ISBN: ISBN 81-212-0438-0.
It was originally submitted as Diss. to Madras Univ., in 1948.
2 weeks back I heard from my Indian book supplier that Vol. 2 of the above
title is available. I am enquiring whether its worth investing DM 56 for
that.
More later,
Regards,
Sreenivas