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Inscriptions talk of fascinating Kongu connection

03FRPERURTEMPLE
A royal marriage alliance led to a massive migration of Vellalas to Chera Nadu
Suganthy Krishnamachari

Maratha-period inscription found

Special Correspondent

A peacock and an epiphany

Shivangi Rai

6,000-year-old stone tombs may have been first ‘telescopes’

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Fruits of efforts

Pradeep Chakravarthy

2,000-year-old handwritten documents found in London mud

Deciphering history

A dead city beneath a living village

TIRUPATI, ANDHRA PRADESH, 3/3/2015: Noted epigraphist and Dravidologist Iravatham Mahadevan. _Photo: KV. Poornachandra Kumar
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Decoding the Indus Script

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Victoria Museum to remain closed for renovation

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HYDERABAD.03/02/2013:-A small copper coin ofÊtheÊ3rd Qutb Shahi king, Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah bears the legend on the obverse Ò Juloose Jaiz Ibrahim QuliÓ and on the reverse the ÒSadatmande AliÓ written in Arabic calligraphy that was issued from Golconda Mint in 1565 AD, was chanced upon by noted historian, M.A. Qaiyum, recently in Hyderabad old city. The extraordinary coins of this ruler are not available in the cabinet of Hyderabad Museum. Photo: Mohammed_Yousuf

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The hanging gardens 'were not in Babylon'

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The earliest inscription in Malayalam

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SAMANAMALAI : 23/03/2012 : The Tamil-Brahmi script, belonging to the second century BCE, discovered at Samanamalai in Maduari district. V. Vedhachalam

2,200-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscription found on Samanamalai

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THIRUVANATHAPURAM : 06/02/2012 : The estampage of the Tamil-Brahmi inscription reading 'Sri Vazhumi' that has been found recently in the Edakal cave in Kerala. This is the fifth Tamil-Brahmi inscription to be found in the Edakal cave. Photo : Mohammed A.

Edakal cave yields one more Tamil-Brahmi inscription

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM--03/07/2011--(FOR FILE)---- The Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, which is in the news following the discovery of ancient treasures in its subterranean vaults.............Photo:S.Gopakumar

Archives Department takes up digitisation of Padmanabhaswamy temple records

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Chennai: 25/04/2011: The Hindu: oeb: Book Review Column: Title: Royal Messages by the Wayside, Historical Geography of the Asokan Edicts. Author: Dilip K. Ghakrabarti.

Aspects of Asokan edicts

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Encroachments around Sri Erumbeeswarar Temple removed

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Man of many words

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Pharaonic relic found

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PUDUKOTTAI: 29/08/2010: FOR DAILY:-Rare inscriptions unearthed at Sri Kailasanathar temple in Nedunkudi village in Pudukottai district...Photo:Handout-E-Mail

Five more inscriptions unearthed near Tirumayam

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Rare Sati stone, with pictoral description about the sati system that prevailed in the State, was found in Belatoor village in Mysore district recently. Rare Sati stone, with pictoral description about the sati system that prevailed in the State, was found in Belatoor village in Mysore district recently. - Rare sati stone found in Belatoor in Mysore district

Rare discovery of sati stone in Mysore district

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