Nimal Herath, an engineer by profession, has now written a book on ‘epigraphy’, the study of inscriptions. How he moved from engineering to archaeology, particularly to paleography, is a matter of ...
Until now, historians knew of Tamil traders reaching Egyptian ports such as Berenike along the Red Sea. However, these newly studied inscriptions indicate that merchants did not merely dock, trade, ...
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2,000-Year-Old Tamil-Brahmi Inscription Found in Egypt's Valley Of Kings. Here's What We Know
Tamil traders not only arrived in ships and left but also stayed in the region for a prolonged period ...
CHENNAI: In a discovery that reinforces the footprint of ancient Tamil civilisation across the globe, around 30 inscriptions, ...
COIMBATORE: Learning a new language is not everybody’s cup of tea, let alone an old script such as the Tamil-Brahmi. But, for eight-year-old SJ Moshika, reading and writing the ancient form of Tamil ...
The excavations at Keeladi, where scientific findings revealed the date of the Tamil Brahmi script to be 600BC, would have been expected to create an interest around the ancient script. But a menhir ...
A centrepiece of The Hindu Lit For Life, to be held on January 17 and 18 in Chennai, will be a workshop on ‘How to read and write Tamil-Brahmi and Vattelluttu scripts’. Conducted by award-winning and ...
The author is assistant professor (History) at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. It has been roughly more than 100 years, since the discovery of the mighty civilization on the banks ...
Aditi Deo was putting together a module on lettering in March, which sent her down a rabbit hole. The illustrationist teaches calligraphy to adults and children, and mainly works with the Latin script ...
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