Subject(s): Urbanization in India. -- Cities and towns in India in Growth. -- Cities and towns in Growth. -- Phases of Urbanization -- External Trade : Evidence from Early Tamil Text -- Urban Development Process in Early Medieval Period -- Role of Early Medieval Trade and Urbanization in South India -- Imperial Power and Urban Growth -- City and Hinterland: kanchipuram and Tondaimandalam -- Urbanization from Above : Tanjavur, the Ceremonial City of Colas