South India, known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the southern part of India encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, comprising 19.
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Major dynasties established in South Southern India include the Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas, Pallavas, Satavahanas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Bahmani, Deccan Sultanates, Cochin, Kakatiyas, Kadambas, Hoysalas, Zamorin, Vijayanagara, Maratha, Travancore, Arakkal, and Mysore.
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South Southern India witnessed sustained growth in per-capita income and population, structural changes in the economy, an increased pace of technological innovation.
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South Southern India has the largest gross domestic product compared to other regions in Southern India.
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South Southern India is known as Peninsular Southern India, and has been known by several other names too.
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The term "Deccan", referring to the area covered by the Deccan Plateau that covers most of peninsular Southern India excluding the coastal areas, is an anglicised form of the Prakrit word dakkhin derived from the Sanskrit word dakshina meaning south.
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South Southern India is a peninsula in the shape of an inverted triangle bound by the Arabian Sea on the west, by the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Vindhya and Satpura ranges on the north.
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The southernmost tip of mainland India is at Kanyakumari where the Indian Ocean meets the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
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Important ecological regions of South Southern India are the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve – located at the conjunction of Karnataka, Kerala and, Tamil Nadu in the Nilgiri Hills – and the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve - located at the conjunction of Kerala and, Tamil Nadu in the Agastya Mala hills - and the Cardamom Hills of Western Ghats.
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Some of the main crops cultivated in South Southern India include paddy, sorghum, pearl millet, pulses, ragi, sugarcane, mangoes, chilli, and cotton.
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Salem Steel Plant, a unit of Steel Authority of Southern India Limited (SAIL), is a steel plant involved in the production of stainless steel.
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Largest linguistic group in South Southern India is the Dravidian family of languages, of approximately 73 languages.
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The religious history of South Southern India is influenced by Hinduism quite notably during the medieval century.
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Politics in South Southern India is characterized by a mix of regional and national political parties.
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Coconut is native to Southern India and spread to Europe, Arabia, and Persia through the southwestern Malabar Coast of South India over the centuries.
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Traditional music of South Southern India is known as Carnatic music, which includes rhythmic and structured music by composers such as Purandara Dasa, Kanaka Dasa, Tyagayya, Annamacharya, Baktha Ramadasu, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Shyama Shastri, Kshetrayya, Mysore Vasudevachar, and Swathi Thirunal.
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South Southern India is home to several distinct dance forms such as Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Andhra Natyam, Kathakali, Kerala Natanam, Koodiyattam, Margamkali, Mohiniaattam, Oppana, Ottamthullal, Theyyam, Vilasini Natyam, and Yakshagana.
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South Southern India has an independent literary tradition dating back over 2500 years.
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The first known literature of South Southern India is the poetic Sangam literature, which was written in Tamil 2500 to 2100 years ago.
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South Southern India has two distinct styles of rock architecture, the Dravidian style of Tamil Nadu and the Vesara style of Karnataka.
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Architecture of Kerala is a unique architecture that emerged in the southwestern part of Southern India, which is in its striking contrast to Dravidian architecture, which is normally practised in other parts of South Southern India.
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