• Dr. P .JEYABALAKRISHNAN
• R. SANTHIYA

India has a rich cultural heritage, and the art of hand weaving formed part of it. Besides the arts of hand-spinning, hand dying and hand printing, hand weaving had also been perfected by the Indian artisans in ancient times. During the Chola and Vijayanagar period the weavers located around the temple and wove the cloth for the development of temple economy. The rise of the Vijayanagar Empire was a massive southward migration of Telugu-speaking people under the auspices of the Vajayanagar State. These migrations established a series of Nayaka Kingdoms in the plains of the Tamil country, which produced an economic boom in the dry areas of this region. Senji was undertaken under the auspices of the SenjiNayaka. Earlier, this industry was not based on caste system, but in course of time it developed on caste basis. Handloom industry occupied an important place in the rural economy of Tamil country. The settlement patterns of the “black town are critically analyzed. The life style of the European, especially the English and its impact on the indigenous people are discussed. The shape of colonial Cuddalore underwent several changes in accordance with its social structure. The urbanization of Cuddalore was the outcome of the continuous changes that were going on in the society of Cuddalore for about a period of two and half centuries since 1700 A.D.

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF CUDDALORE DISTRICT A HISTORICAL STUDY

"SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF CUDDALORE DISTRICT A HISTORICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 1, page no.264-271, January-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701734.pdf

"SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF CUDDALORE DISTRICT A HISTORICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 1, page no. pp264-271, January-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701734.pdf