Sourcing
References and bibliography
This site is a research-oriented synthesis. Wikipedia articles are used as an entry point and are always paired with the underlying scholarly, epigraphic or governmental source wherever a claim is substantive. Dates before c. 1000 CE follow the conventional epigraphic chronology and should be read as approximate. Corrections and additional citations are welcome.
Primary sources and epigraphy
- B. L. Rice, Epigraphia Carnatica, 12 vols., Mysore Government Central Press, 1886–1904.
- B. L. Rice, Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government, 2 vols., Archibald Constable, Westminster, 1897.
- Annual Reports of the Mysore Archaeological Department, Government of Mysore, 1906–1956.
- R. Shamasastry (ed. and trans.), Kautilya's Arthashastra, Oriental Research Institute, Mysore, 1909.
- Mark Wilks, Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, 3 vols., London, 1810–1817.
Scholarly monographs
- S. Srikanta Sastri, Sources of Karnataka History, vol. I, University of Mysore, 1940. Link
- Burton Stein, Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1980.
- Burton Stein, Vijayanagara (The New Cambridge History of India I.2), Cambridge University Press, 1989.
- Kate Brittlebank, Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy: Islam and Kingship in a Hindu Domain, Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Irfan Habib (ed.), Confronting Colonialism: Resistance and Modernization under Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan, Tulika, 1999.
- Adam Hardy, Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Transformation, IGNCA/Abhinav, 1995.
- Janaki Nair, Mysore Modern: Rethinking the Region under Princely Rule, University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
Government and institutional sources
- Karnataka State Gazetteer: Mysore District, Government of Karnataka. Link
- Archaeological Survey of India, Bengaluru Circle — list of centrally protected monuments. Link
- Karnataka Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage. Link
- Mysore Palace Board, Government of Karnataka. Link
- Karnataka Tourism — Mysuru destinations and Dasara. Link
- Census of India 2011, Karnataka tables. Link
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas (2023); Group of Monuments at Hampi. Link