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Catalogue of historical novels
hi venkat this site is maintained by my uncle ( Dr Kalyanasundaram of project madurai)- he has just gone back to switzerland from a holiday in india. I will write to him tdy and see if he has any fresh lists /sources.

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Credentials and Disclaimers
hi krupa for eg, your mail ( i guess mine as well) - shows up as PS on kalaignar TV, even though the subject is Credentials and disclaimers. further on your suggestion on using private and public - why should we have both, if you are segregate t…

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Catalogue of historical novels
Hi, Krupa's tool /database works great. We need to have a fix on the tables/details /fields

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KNS and PPM - CLARIFICATION FROM KALINGA TAMIL
Adding to Gokul - can we delete the offending emails from the section as well..... I have heard stories of how people collect manikka karkal from under the cobra's protective embrace ( interesting folklore at that ...the cobra due its advan…

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Catalogue of historical novels
There are about 10-15 authors on this list - and most of them are married to the publishing houses. Thinking on these lines - would it be a better and easier to write to these publishing houses to provide us this info. they might also put in thei…

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Catalogue of historical novels
Hi could we have a final consensus on what information we need to capture in the database - we dont need to overstretch ourselves but need to provide some basic overview. welcome suggestions - looking at it from the point of end user - the cata…

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Compare AK, RRC and RJC
Chinese traveller and chronicler Chau Ju-kua, who travelled in the Chola country c 1178 gives the following account of the Chola army: This [Chola] country is at war with the kingdom of the [west] of India. The government owns sixty thousand war …

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Catalogue of historical novels
My uncle landed in chennai and took an auto...he was trying to give directions to the auto guy in tamiz....neera poi edathu pakkam tirumbu ....the guy gave him a good stare and `corrected him' - enna sir, paatha padichava mathiri irukke...st…

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Catalogue of historical novels
thanks for all the energetic inputs...i think we will wait for the exel file to be posted into the files section - enabling us all to add/edit/correct

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Catalogue of historical novels
Hi sps sir, hv sent the excel version to your individual mail.. Author Work Dynasty Parts Kalki Ponniyin Selvan Chola 5 Kalki Sivagamiyin Sabadham pallava 3 Kalki Parthiban Kanavu pallava 1 Sandilyan Kadal Pura, Pandya Sandilyan Yavana Rani,…

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Catalogue of historical novels
Hi sps sir, can we upload a draft excel file - which all of us can edit. containing basic format - title of the book, author, pen name, Clan /kingdom, circa...years covered, Kings mentioned, hero name, heroine name, year published, Publishing ho…

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Catalogue of historical novels
cool, we just need to include language written as well in the description. who knows some of us might take up the task of translating them to tamil or vice versa...

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Catalogue of historical novels
good idea too. on a lighter side we can then ask the TN govt to rename all of them with their old names....wouldbe fun and nightmare for conductors on the mofussilbuses...yeempa korkaikku rendu ticket koduppa...@@@@

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Compare AK, RRC and RJC
When one travels around India today, one sees mainly Muslims' . Alberuni (AD 973 - 1048), a Muslim scholar, mathematician and master of Greek and Hindu system astrology, wrote twenty books. In his

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Ponniyin selvar ...sangu chakara regai!!!
posting this interesting note for Prof JB from agathiar. When I was working in the State of Kelantan in the East Coast of Malaya, I was posted to the General Hospital of the State capital called Kota Bahru. I was taking a very active part in poli…

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Compare AK, RRC and RJC
http://www.search.com/reference/Mahmud_of_Ghazni 1023: Gwalior, Seige of Kalinjar, Western Uttar Pradesh: Mahmud of Ghazni's army is defeated in western Uttar Pradesh by the armies of Rajendra Chola of the Chola Empire (Chola prescence here …

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Compare AK, RRC and RJC
Very true...every system tends towards instability. Nothing is more permanent than change itself - it would call for great flair and governance to keep together a kingdom of such size and complexity. We are talking of kings holding together peopl…

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AADIPPERUKKU :: 3rd AUGUST :: FRIDAY
Hope the guys making PS on TV - shoot during this period....nice setting to start with the present day and cut to flash back... nice words sir...remember vairamuutu opening verses in tannir tesam kadal ulagin muthal athisayam sattamidum ragasiy…

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Senji Fort...
http://www.chennailibrary.com/kalki/mis/idinthakottai.html

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Veera vasanams In PS
hi sir Thanks.. i missed that completely.. on that thread, who is the mother of RRC's other offspings aka Kundavai and Madevadigal.. In the same context, i see an inscription referrring to sembiyan madeviyar as Parantakan - madevadigal belo…

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Vichitira Chittan...
Hi divakar sir, Contrary to siva's experience, i have not been able to proceed at his pace ( which is what i would normally do with other novels)..this was warranted by the author's mature handling of a delicate subject...backed by im…

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Veera vasanams In PS
yes, RRC uncovers something in the 15th year of UC rule, looks to the Rashtrakuta clan for support - to stage a coup on UC. possiby come with a deal - vanadhi lets go of the pattmahishi but retains the right for her son to be next in line>>…

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Veera vasanams In PS
a sabatam that comes to my mind - is that of vanadhi - in the fight scene with poonguzhali - where she swears that she will not alight the chola throne

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what is the signifiance of these lizards
also these were sculpted off site and then assembled. not like these days when the detailing is done to decorate after the structure comes up.

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Rajaraja and the 11
what were RJC's names Madhurantaka, Uttamachola, Virachola, Mudikondachola, Panditachola, Gangaikondachola, Gangaiyum Purvadesamum Kedaramum konda Ayyan.

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what is the signifiance of these lizards
Lord Brahma worshipped the presiding God here. When the Chola king came to this holy place for hunting-in a place overgrown with wild plants, his arrow accidentally fell on a holy, gold lizard (udumbu??) and plenty of blood oozed out from the wou…

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wives of PS
Hi, Could soramahadeviar be a corruption of chola mahadevi! 1) Tribuvana mahadevi ( aka vanadhi - mother of RJC) 2) Lokamadevi ( Danti Sakti Vitanki) - pattmahishi 3) Panchavan-mahadevi ( fav of RJC) 4) Trailokyamahadevi 5) Cholamahadevi ?? t…

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what is the signifiance of these lizards
A contemporary parallel?? hidden mickeys A Hidden Mickey is a partial or complete image of Mickey Mouse that has been hidden by Disney's Imagineers, artists or cast members in Disney attractions, hotels, restaurants, stores, etc. These image…

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what is the signifiance of these lizards
this was told to me by my grandmother - my great great grandfather became a kind of ascetic / siddha doctor - he would go into the nearby forest to collect pachilai - he came up with cures for snake bite etc etc, aparently he ( by analysing the u…

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VISITHRA CHITHAN
Hi sirs 1) is this the same sima vishnu who is supposed to have defeated the kalabaras. he also claims to have invaded srilanka. 2) appar's ( Marulnikkiyar then) sister Tilakavathi lost her bethroed Kalippakaiyar in a battle with a northern…

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