The Deccan Plateau

First Online: July 01,2001
Last Updated: March 09,2008

Map Showing the The Deccan Plateau

The term "Deccan" comes from the Sanskrit word dakshina, meaning "the south". The Deccan Plateau encompasses the four states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Most of the southern peninsula is a fertile rice growing region. The term Deccan Plateau is sometimes used to indicate the region south of the Narmada river, and to include parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat,  and Madhya Pradesh states.

Table of Contents

• Adil Shah Playing the Musical Instrument of Tamboor
• African Indian Merchant from a Dakhani Miniature
• Amriteshwara Temple
• Art and Architecture of Rashtrakutas
• The Art of Lepakshi
• At the Mysore Durbar
• Audience at Shiva's Wedding
• Battle Scene
• The Bountiful State of Andhra Pradesh
• Brothers Veeranna and Virupanna, Lepakshi temple builders
• Chalukya Kings of Badami
• Chalukyan Art of Badami
• A Chalukyan Miniature Painting
• Chalukyan Art of Aihole
• Chalukyas of Kalyan
• The Chola Dynasty
• Colorful Saree Designs
• A damsel admires herself in a mirror
• Dancing Ganapati, Belur Sculpture
• Deccan Miniature Paintings
• Decorations of Shilabalika of Belur
• Designs from a Pattadakal Temple
• Dueling Soldiers
• Dynasties of the Deccan
• Elephant Stables, Hampi
• Followers of Lord Shiva
• A front view of a typical Hoysala temple
• Gajasura Mardaka, God punishing the evil elephant
• The Ganga Dynasty
• Golden Footwear
• Hermit with a Locked Hair
• Hermits Attending Shiva's Marriage
• Horse Mounted Shivaji
• Hoysala Art and Architecture - Table of Contents
• The Hoysala Dynasty
• Hoysala Emperor Vishnuvardhana and his Queen Shantala
• Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan
• Intricately Carved Sculpture of a Dancer, Belur
• Introduction to Hoysala Art and Architecture
• Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar (1919-1974)
• Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar (1919-1974 A.D.)
• Kadamba Kings of Banavasi
• Kannada Literature under the Rashtrakutas
• Karnataka -- Alphabetical Table of Contents
• Krishna Rajendra Wodeyar IV
• Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV (1902-1940)
• Lad Khan Temple, Aihole
• A Lady with Raised Hair Bun
• Lepakshi Paintings in Ruins
• Life in Medieval India
• The Lord of Kailash
• Lord Shiva
• Lord Shiva in his Court
• Mahalakshmi in Dance Pose
• Man Offers Ring to Girlfriend
• Map of Kerala State
• Map of South India Showing the States of the Deccan
• Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
• Nawab with a Hukka (Pipe)
• The Nayaka Kings
• Nizams of Hyderabad
• Old Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore
• Ornaments of a Lady, Lepakshi painting
• A Painting of Vijayanagar period
• Pallava Art and Architecture
• Pallavas of Kanchi
• The Pandya Kings
• A Pattadkal sculpture
• Pavilions and Sculptures of Mahabalipuram
• The Rashrakutas
• Remnants of a Glorious Past
• Research Citations on Hoysala Dynasty
• A Rishi (sage) of Halebidu – Hoysala sculpture
• Romance of Shiva and Parvati
• The Royal Emblem of Hoysala Kings
• The Ruins of Hampi
• Sanskrit Literature under the Rashtrakutas
• Saree Design using lines and squares
• The Satavahanas
• Sculpture of Standing Vishnu
• A Sculpture of Hayavadana
• Seductress in Stone
• Shiva and Rawana
• Shiva and his bull vehicle Nandi
• Shiva Killing an Asura, Badami Sculpture
• Shiva with Bow and Arrow Shooting the Boar
• Shiva with his bull
• Statue of Ugra-Narasimha
• Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur
• Tamizhakam - Tamil Potpourri
• Temples of Belur and Halebidu
• Temples of the Deccan
• Trimurti of Elephanta
• Two women at the Somanath temple, Somanathapur
• Unique Temple of Aihole, 7th Century A.D.
• Vasudeva Carrying Infant Krishna Crosses Yamuna River
• A View of a Cave Complex, Elephanta
• The Wodeyars of Mysore
• Woman in sari (Indian drape)
• Women assembled to greet Uma-Maheshwara, Lepakshi

See Also:

• Geographica India