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OTHER PROBLEMS THAN HISTORY ::
why did the chola power weaken within 85 years of RRC taking > over reign ushering in a golden period of the cholas.... rjc was the golden period of the cholas agreed but then the cholas collapsed too soon it was more than 85 years for their d…

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OTHER THAN HISTORY :: MERCURY
> Remember the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland? > It was Mercury used to treat the beaver Victorian top hats > that made him mad. Nothing to mess around with! hi mad as a hatter ad as a roman emperor would fit in too. lots of roman nob…

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OTHER THAN HISTORY :: MERCURY

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
different sundara pandyans lots of years in between venketesh > > > Did the Cholas practice ethnic cleansing? I have not read any South > > Indian Kingdom systematically destroying other cultures. > > I disagree to this. Su…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Hi malathi working on a project on 1857 delhi and would like to share these details with you khooni darwasa or gate of murders is very close to ferozshah kotla. it was originally kabuli gate. sher shah suri used this out post to display heads of da…

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[Poetry In Stone|à®à®²à¯à®²à®¿à®²à¯ à®à®²à¯à®µà®£à¯à®£à®®à¯ à®à®£à¯à®à¯à®®à¯] Nandhi on
> > 1. Single stone vimanam: > > With the current level of technology and equipment available, (Xray, > magnetic imaging etc.) it must be possible to establish scientifically > whether the vimana is of single piece or assembled …

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A follow-up-note on the Historical Study - on the years of conquests of countr
> > The "strength of evidences" on which I based my conclusions and stated > as "Rajaraja....who conquered 3/5 of India" is clearly given in this > "follow-up-note" Thread. It should be noted the Copper Pl…

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A Historical Study - on the years of conquests of countries listed in the Rajara
-HI thennaattu porkalangal depends a lot on one sided inscriptions. if tamils have a inscription of an invasion they undertook there must be some evidence in that land too. kalki himself was critical of one sided approaches which he ridicules i…

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sangu sakkara regai
> you started with Kalki's obession with sangu chakra regai and we see > your obession with mangayarkkarasi > yes indeed it was wonderful to see kalki cloth such a superhuman charecter in flesh and blood. in ss you see her battlin…

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sangu sakkara regai
I guess rama and buddha had this sangu sakkara regai. buddha also had other marks.

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sangu sakkara regai
> > There is a sanskrit inscription dicsussing this.... > > I can locate and put it by Mon / tuesday dear Venkat. > > Is it Parthiban's son - Vikraman ? wild guess. > Hi SPS its mangayarkarasi in sivakamiyin sabatham…

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sangu sakkara regai
> Incidentally one of key marks of buddha - buddha padha is the chakra > regai on his foot. maybe kalki mixed these two to come with his own > Not at all Vijay kalki's obsession with the sangu sakra regai wasnt due to KAN he used it…

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bharati's birthday
> Can any one suggest me where will i be able to get the Biograhy of > Bharathiyar written by Chellamal ? the biography of barathi by his daughter is published by palaniappa brothers on peters road. you must be able to get it in higginboth…

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Romila Thapar to share US prize
romila thapar trained under the legendary A.L. Basham indologist whose book.'the wonder that was india' kindled real interest thro out the world on indian history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_That_was_India i think this awar…

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Romila Thapar to share US prize
> > Romila Thapar to share US prize.....hmmmmm what's the hmmm for vijay? venketesh > > http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/ romila-thapar-to- > share-us-prize.aspx > > Washington, Dec…

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water management - singapore
> > 3) Lastly and the most ambitious - mind blowing to me - as they did > not have enough land to construct a reservoir ( pity situation in > india with so much of area) - they came up with an ambitious project > to dam one of their …

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ANCIENT TAMIL KINGs

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ANCIENT TAMIL KINGs
> > Outlived rrc !! I am not sure. Need to check, I think mention of her stops around 1004. i always thought so , thanks for correcting > > Reg kandarathithar, don't quite understand urs.. Picture ??? Correction ..m he is suppo…

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ANCIENT TAMIL KINGs
..she must have outlived him for atleast 25 years and her contribution to temple renovation is incredible. she outlived sundaras rule, uthama and rrc's . so it must be much more. and swetha always told me with the proof of a picture that…

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
> > He definitely told that there is an inscription to this effect. I wonder if > there is a repeat of that program or if there is any other way to watch it. Hi the period of 1314 to 1360 were the dark ages in tamilnadu. what part of…

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A brief study on the Queens and the ?PattaMahishi? of Rajaraja Chola - 1
> > If she was mentioned in the inscriptions post coronation of RRC, > (Kalki brought in the sabatham of vanathi not to take the throne - > based on what ??? > > venkat - in kaveri mainthan you had taken that she dies prior to …

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
Hi surprised by malathis rather softened approach to this issue.

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CHENNAI BOOK FAIR
Hi this is for the outstation members who need to plan a visit during 32nd chennai book fair the dates are 8th jan - 18th jan 2009 location- st. georges school opposite pachayappas also book fairs starting next week in madurai and pondycheri. …

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The era of the Tamil Saiva Saints Thirunaavukkarasu Naayanaar
> > Hence it is very clear that the Saint Thirunaavukkarasu Naayanaar > livedduring the period of the Pallava king Mahendravarman - 1. It was > duringhis time the Saint Thirunaavukkarasu Naayanaar embraced Jainism > fromSaivaism, a…

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The era of the Tamil Saiva Saint Maanikkavaasaka Swamihal
-HI Fantasatic we have discussed it in this forum and many including me said that the thevaram trio never mentioned manikavasakar. so appar has mentioned a miracle that happened in his period but not the saint himself or his remission on account…

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
> for 1000 years span - we are talking of about 30 Generations ! would kundavai have learnt baratham was sathir so socially accepted in royal families say 1000 years back? venketesh > > sps >

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
> Mancka Vinayagam can trace his lineage back 1000years?nice. very nice indeed. not even the royal families of tamilnadu are able to trace their liniage so much back but its nice to find your roots. i know the feling. last week there was an ar…

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travellers
Hi a lot about vijayanagar empire is known from the writings of medieval European travelers such as Domingo Paes, Fernao Nuniz and Niccolò Da Conti . and while talking of battuta he was born in morroco in north africa and had travelled to lands…

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travellers
... but im assuming we wouldn't be rampant travellers like the > Chinese counterparts. I can see what you mean. but the two buddist chinese guys came to nalanda or in a religious mission but marco polo, biruni and battuta were bitten by t…

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travellers
Could it be that > > a) We did not have the tradition of writing things down to a large extent > b) Literacy possibly was only in the hands of the forward castes and hence > perhaps the people who traveled were not those who would si…

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