Commentaries on Aristotle's writings have been produced since the 2nd century AD. This edition contains Greek commentaries on his work from the 3rd to the 8th centuries AD by, among others, Alexander of Aphrodiensias, Themistios, Joh. Philoponus, Simplicius in Greek.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Migration from Mysore -- 2 Place-Names and Cultural Ecology -- 3 Social Groupings -- 4 Traditional Interchange (1) -- 5 Traditional Interchange (2) -- 6 Early Patterns of Trade -- 7 Growth of the Cash Economy -- 8 Administration and Law -- 9 A Period of Stress -- 10 Religious and Social Change in the Twentieth Century -- 11 Summary and Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1 Population of the Main Nilgiri Communities, 1961 -- APPENDIX 2 Badaga Population Growth Compared with that of Todas and Kotas -- Plate Section -- References* -- General Index -- Name Index -- Place-name Index