abhivencat

aug 19 trip
lucky guy??? he has 3 months to brush up on his ponniyin selvan. hope she doesnt conduct an interview on those charecters of kalki for him.

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
Hi Sathish since you go so often to pune please visit the bhandarkar institute. full rooms of different versions of mahabarata, ramayana vedas. sanskrit and english versions. I went there chasing a story line for a book and coulnt find it. but i re…

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aug 19 trip
> > Might be the wedding of a Chola princess? yes sir . almost a princess. and if you miss the wedding she's sure to bring the cannons that guard her home and mow you down venketesh >

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
> Heard of King Authur sure Sri. lots about him. and not all britons take him as a hero or even as one who existed here's a tidbit on the king and his round table.( YOU live in a very honest country , I envy you) The "history of a…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
Hi Sri just to continue the debate > 1.Lack of evidence doesnt mean the theory is wrong before dismissing it... what theory are we talking about. we all agree that the cholas were great. otherwise we wouldnt be here in the first place. >…

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PALM MANUSCRIPTS
Hs SPS 12, 13th is okay. but 13th is a muhurtham day. we may have dropouts. but whatever- you may announce. 2 day trip will attract more members to join. if you decide we may even block tickets in rathi meena.

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
> > Besides, how did the Chettiars maitain accounts and > transactions ? Thats an interesting study. You should read the book "caste and capitalism in colonial india" some of the text is on the net. i'll try to give you a …

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
-Hi all most of the olai suvadis are chettiar accounts and transactions. the dowry of my mother was recorded in an olai suvadi and i have it.i also used to collect the eluthaanis but then i lost interest. chettinad also has some of the earliest bo…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
True SPS the pandyas clearly wiped out traces of the cholas.the khiljis wiped out pandya records. happens in history. khusro and wassaf of the turkish army record 512 elephants loaded with looted gold and precious stones. so it must have been a v…

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vanthiyathevan trip
-Hi Anitha welcome home. you will find this group great. we have lots of people joining us for the trip from bangalore, suganya, deepa etc. its not too late to join now. and whenever in chennai check the goup for informal meetings and one day t…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
our supposed historians chose to forget and to ignore. Nanda , you make me sound like a terrorist. I have nothing against historians. have you read "Colas" by sastri. a phenomenal piece of work.( Can some one tell me why he used that sp…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
> Quoting uv.ve.sa, he says in his 'en sarithiram' that when he went > in search of oolai chuvadis he was pained to hear that people have > destroyed thousands of palm leaves either by burning or putting them even a big part …

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Gajapati rulers of Orissa
Though Bala would be able to answer better these details I got from wikipedia The Moguls conquered Bengal and Orissa in 1576; however, Orissa was subsequently ceded to the Marathas in 1751. In 1803, the British under the British East India Compan…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
Hi Nanda I dont dis agree that we have had a fabulous history. at least in the later history of tamil nadu we have had great conquerors. it was the momentum that they provided that enabled our society to survive a millienium. and history is not …

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vanthiyathevan trip
Hi Suganya the trip itinerary is not yet frozen. the places to be seen are. the plan sps put forward chidambaram to tanjore to kodi to chidambaram has the least number of kilometres and is most efficient. i have only one apprehension. the overnig…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
mere selling in hundreds & thousands of a book > does mean it is more authenticated than the books > which sell less. > mandan has his own achivements. Hi thats a good point. we do have art movies that get awards and dont run a day…

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RECORDING EVENTS
Hi the book is available Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai (12 Vols) By Ananda Ranga Pillai, Dupliex J F ISBN : 8120601815 -- Rs 11,995 http://www.asianeds.com/search_result.asp venketesh

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RECORDING EVENTS
Hi SPS though I had a choice of reading the 12 volumes ( which were in the reference section), i picked up "Ananda ranga pillai" by c.s.srinivasachari.I picked it up to courier it to Rahul but then when I read a few pages I decided r…

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RECORDING EVENTS
Hi co incidental.but I am reading Ananda ranga pillai's diary right now. a courtier of Dupleix he has maintained a diary for aquarter century from 1736-1760 he is described as perhaps the most acuteindian observer of contemprory events. hi…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
> Venkatesh, > > Listing the challenges in a pesimistic way, is it not > Madan's way? Hi Natajan, if you stir up your memories you will know this topic did not arise after madans answer. we spoke about this earlier. you and me. …

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RRC Life History :: Chapterisation
Yes SPs even if it turns out to be booklet and not a full fledged book we shall accept only real facts that can be corrobarated. first we shall get ready a questionaire like 1. how did rrc die? and when? 2. what did he do during uthama's r…

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RRC Life History :: Chapterisation
Hi sps fantastic. this would be our greatest contribution to tamil history if we accomplish this. I think I was misunderstood. i meant, i would love to write on the warrior in rrc. after all he was the greatest wasnt he?but it should be a whole…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
> If we are not able to trust kalvettu,poems then on what do we base our > theories upon?The Copper plates? Doesn't this mean Madan is right? > some copper plates I remember from which chola lineage is determined traces their histo…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
Stone edicts as evidence in a few temples around thondai nadu we have chola inscriptions of Raja raja in the walls of the inner sanctum. photos of them have been published in our group photos section. also there is an edict in each of these templ…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
-Hi I dont think madan was sarcastic at all. its a sub concious cry of anguish. the more I think of it the more I think he could have been right dont forget nanda. mandan has his own achivements. his one book vanthaarkal vendraarkal has sold mor…

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[Hai Madan and well done Kamal
> > We dont think vikatan will publish them. They already > refused to publish our letter on Udaiyaloor > pallippadai. people are rather hesitant to publish a contradictory view. there has been enough discussions in ponniyin selvan gro…

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Facts of History
hi atlast somebody with guts to have clarity and truth above sentimentality and patriotism any body not agreeing that " kal thondri man thondraa kaalathhE" is deemed un patriotic. isnt that a bit too much. I have pride in my history but…

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vanthiyathevan trip
Hi big temple wont take much time if we are not going to the upper chambers. an according to sps plan 2 we would be spending the evening only there. and we would faithfully be following the route vanthiyathevan took. however malapaadi and pazhuv…

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vanthiyathevan trip
Hi thats sps now we have more than one way of accomplishing vanthiyathevans ttrip in two days. more people will opt to join in a 2 day trip the rathimeena from chidambaram starts at 11.30 pm. so easy to reach without pressure. so we can see ar…

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