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Deccan
Deccan | |
|---|---|
Region | |
| Deccan | |
| Nickname: The Southern Country | |
 Location of Deccan in South Asia | |
| States |  MaharashtraFile:Flag of the Government of Telangana.svg Telangana File:United Andhra Pradesh banner.png Andhra  Karanataka |
| Largest City | Hyderabad |
| Demonym | Deccani/Dakhini |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic groups | Telugus, Marathis, Kannadigas, Deccanis, Hyderabadis, Lambadis, Gonds |
| • Languages | Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, Deccani Urdu |
Deccan, or the Deccan, is a historical and socio-political[1] region of the Indian Subcontinent.[2] Roughly corresponding to the geographic boundaries of the Deccan Plateau, it is often used to refer to lands and cultures north of Tamilakam, and south of the Vindhyas. Various polities including the Bahmanis, Deccan Sultanates, and Hyderabad Deccan have used this term to refer to their country.[3]
Historians have defined the term Deccan differently. These definitions range from a narrow one by R. G. Bhandarkar (1920), who defines Deccan as the Marathi speaking area lying between the Godavari and Krishna rivers, to a broad one by K. M. Panikkar (1969), who defines it as the entire Indian peninsula to the south of the Vindhyas.[4] Firishta (16th century) defined Deccan as the territory inhabited by the native speakers of Kannada, Marathi, and Telugu languages. Richard M. Eaton (2005) settles on this linguistic definition for a discussion of the region's geopolitical history.[5]
Stewart N. Gordon (1998) notes that historically, the term "Deccan" and the northern border of Deccan has varied from Tapti River in the north to Godavari River in the south, depending on the southern boundary of the northern empires. Therefore, while discussing the history of the Marathas, Gordon uses Deccan as a "relational term", defining it as "the area beyond the southern border of a northern-based kingdom" of India.[6]
Etymology[edit]
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The word Deccan is an anglicized version of the word dakkhaṇa, found in many languages of the Deccan [7][8] It has etymological roots in the Sanskrit dakṣiṇa and the later Prakrit dakkhin (दक्षिण), which mean the "south".[9]
Native Polities[edit]
- Satavahana Dynasty
- Bahmanis
- Qutb Shahis
- Hyderabad State (1724-1948)
References[edit]
- ↑ "What the Hyderabad-Deccan region teaches us about belonging". The News Minute. 17 September 2021.
- ↑ Overton, Keelan (2020-06-02). Iran and the Deccan: Persianate Art, Culture, and Talent in Circulation, 1400–1700. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-04894-3.
- ↑ Template:Cite EB9
- ↑ S. M. Alam 2011, p. 312.
- ↑ Richard M. Eaton 2005, p. 2.
- ↑ Stewart Gordon (1993). The Marathas 1600-1818. The New Cambridge History of India. Cambridge University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-521-26883-7.
- ↑ Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell (13 June 2013). Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India. Oxford. ISBN 9780191645839.
- ↑ Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, p. 498 (scanned image at SriPedia Initiative): Sanskrit dakṣiṇa meaning 'southern'.
- ↑ Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica (2014), Deccan plateau India, Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bibliography[edit]
- Richard M. Eaton (2005). A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521254847.
- Shah Manzoor Alam (2011). "The Historic Deccan - A Geographical Appraisal". In Kalpana Markandey; Geeta Reddy Anant (eds.). Urban Growth Theories and Settlement Systems of India. Concept. ISBN 978-81-8069-739-5.