MADURAI: A 13th century stone inscription with Tamil and Mandarin scripts has been discovered in Quanzhou, an ancient port city in Fujiyan province, South East China, and it has been deciphered by an amateur archaeologist in Dindigul. Archaeologist V Narayanamoorthy said that many people with archaeology as common interest led by Orissa Balu, historian and Tamil researcher, had formed a
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This year marks the 76th anniversary of the Belle Vue Harel massacre, which took place on 27th September 1943. During this terrible event, four sugarcane workers, including Anjalay Coopen, were killed and became the martyrs of the Mauritian working class movement. She died in a gunshot in protest for the right of her co-workers, at young age of 37 with
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Kodumanal is a unassuming village in Tamil Nadu and it would be a stretch – both geographically and imaginatively, to say that it had, or has, anything remotely to do with the city of Rome in Italy. But as they say – fact can sometimes be stranger than fiction, and as archaeological excavations has revealed, the village was a prominent
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முக்கிய இந்திய நாளிதழ்கள் சிலவற்றில் வெளியான கட்டுரைகள் மற்றும் செய்திகளைத் தொகுத்து வழங்குகிறோம். இந்து தமிழ்: ‘கீழடியில் இரட்டைச் சுவர் கண்டுபிடிப்பு’ சிவகங்கை மாவட்டம், திருப்புவனம் அருகே கீழடியில் நடைபெறும் 5-ம் கட்ட அகழாய்வில் அருகருகே 2 சுவர்கள் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டன. கீழடியில் 2015-ம் ஆண்டில் மத்திய தொல்லியல் துறை அகழாய்வை மேற்கொண்டது. இதில் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான தொல் பொருட் கள் கண்டறியப்பட்டன. இவற்றை பரிசோதித்ததில் 2,500 ஆண்டுகள் பழமையான நகர நாகரீகம் கீழடியில் இருந்துள்ளது கண்டறியப்பட்டது. தொடர்ந்து மத்திய தொல்லியல் துறை 2-ம் கட்ட மற்றும்
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It is not common knowledge that Velu Nachiyar (1730-96), the Queen of Sivagangai, was the first ruler in the Indian history to wage a war against the British colonisers in 1780, about seventy-seven years before what we believed to be the First War of Independence took place. What is perhaps even lesser known is that the strategy that helped her
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There are names, the very utterance of which, will ship you to warriors’ paradise! You will experience goose bumps!! Many kings and queens, all freedom fighters around the world, are glorified in History and many are scarcely appreciated. The sacrifices of many freedom fighters have been wiped away from the pages of History! Today, we breathe free and live free
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Around 2,000 years ago, Tamil was the lingua franca of traders across the South East Asian seas. Star South Asia expert and museum curator Dr.John Guy is in India to explain how Tamil merchants, who are prominent in the early history of the region, became integral cultural and political influences in courts across South East Asia. “You get a sense
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Chennai: The Madras high court has said based on the Carbon dating report regarding samples taken from Adichanallur site, the Archaeological Survey of India has to take a decision whether it is going to excavate on its own or the Central government is going to permit the state government in this regard. A division bench comprising Justices N.Kirubakaran and S.S.Sundar said,
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The images of fertilization below are from Varamurtheeswarar temple at Ariyathurai, Tamilnadu. Temple is claimed to be 6000 years old based on some legendary aspects (considering the legendary connection to sages Romar and Mukunthan). But a reasonable estimate is about 1000 years. King Kunjara Cholan has made additions to the temple. The temple definitely existed in Chola era (around 1000
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Laksamana Muda (B) Tan Sri Dato’ Seri K.Thanabalasingam telah memahat namanya bersama kecemerlangan sejarah kemerdekaan Malaysia atas pencapaian uniknya menjadi anak tempatan yang pertama menjawat jawatan Panglima Tentera Laut Malaysia serta memegang jawatan itu selama sembilan tahun hampir sedekad . Beliau meneraju pemerintahan Tentera Laut Malaysia pada usia yang muda iaitu 3 bulan sebelum genap 32 tahun. Ini merupakan penghormatan
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