CONTENTS: List of Abbreviations, List of Illustrations, Preface, Introduction, 1. Historical Geography and Epigraphy, 2. Landscape, 3. Political Outline, 4. Cola-Mantalam, 5. Ur, 6. Natu, 7. Taniyur and Perilamai-Natu, 8. Valanatu, 9. Territories of Chiefs, 10. Natuvil-Natu, 11. Sacred Geography of the Bhakti Sites, 12. Ur, Natu and Administration, 13. Agrarian Planning in Uttarameru-Caturvedimankalam, Appendices, Maps, Select Bibliography, General Index.