Professor M.G.S. Narayanan published over hundred academic research papers in national and international journals, alongside landmark foundational books focusing on South Indian epigraphy, Kerala history, and socio-cultural evolution. His scholarly work redefined medieval Kerala history through rigorous source-based analysis of inscriptions. Some of the research papers from this vast collection are listed below:
THE IDENTITY AND DATE OF KING MANUKULĀDITYA – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 31 (1969)
KANDALUR SALAI–NEW LIGHT ON THE NATURE OF ARYAN EXPANSION IN SOUTH INDIA – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 32, VOLUME I (1970)
THE INSTITUTION OF ‘COMPANIONS OF HONOUR’ WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOUTH INDIA – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 33 (1971)
Historical Perspectives on Ancient India – Social ScientistVol. 4, No. 3 (Oct., 1975)
THE VEDIC-PURANIC-SASTRAIC ELEMENT IN TAMIL SANGAM SOCIETY AND CULTURE (A Study of Purananuru-First Section) – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 36 (1975)
SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF MAHAPATAKA IN THE FEUDAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH INDIA – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 37 (1976)
CATTLE RAIDERS OF THE SANGAM AGE – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 38 (1977)
THE WARRIOR SETTLEMENTS OF THE SANGAM AGE – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 43 (1982)
THE HUNDRED GROUPS AND THE RISE OF NAYAR MILITIA IN KERALA – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 44 (1983)
The God-Presidents of Agrarian Corporations in Ancient Kerala – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 48 (1987)
The Cult of War as Class Ideology in The Sangam Age in South India – Proceedings of the Indian History Congress
Vol. 49 (1988)
The Role of Peasants in the Early History of Tamilakam in South India – Social ScientistVol. 16, No. 9 (Sep., 1988)
Social History from the Text Book of Poetics in the Sangam Age (A Study of Tolkappiyam – Section IV. Porulatikaram) – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 51 (1990)
HISTORICAL ROOTS OF NATIONALITY – A CASE STUDY OF KERALA: SUMMARY – Proceedings of the Indian History CongressVol. 52 (1991)
Further Studies in the Jewish Copper Plates of Cochin – Indian Historical Review Volume 29 Issue 1-2, January 2002
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