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- A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagara by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri is the go-to 1955 book on Vijayanagara empire..there never was a glorious kingdom like Vijayanagara nor was there anything spectacular like it’s fall…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_South_India:_Fr...
My first introduction to the region outside of what was then known as Tamil country was via Raja Raja Chozhan ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajaraja_I )from the tamil historical fiction, Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki. I knew he also wrote a first person narrative titled “Naan, Krishna Deva Rayan” of the later Vijayanagara Empire but I never got around to reading it. This post inspired me to look it up and it’s on Amazon Kindle if anyone else is interested. It’s in Tamil.
- > good books
Unfortunately, I don't know any that I can recommend as being a "good" book (which is again part of the problem).
There are a couple of really dry academic books that you can read if you're sufficiently motivated -
1. The Cholas by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri https://www.amazon.com/Colas-Most-Comprehensive-Written-Chol...
2. Politics, Kingship and Poetry in Medieval South India by Whitney Cox https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Kingship-Poetry-Medieval-Sou...
3. South India under The Cholas by Y. Subbarayalu https://www.amazon.com/South-India-Under-Cholas-Subbarayalu/...
4. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar by K. A Nilakanta Sastri https://www.amazon.com/History-South-India-Prehistoric-Vijay...
