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Clarification wanted in parthiban kanavu
hi, Kullan: Not sure if the kullan was brought by vikraman from shenbaga theevu. the first introduction of the kullan happens in paagam moonru athizayam rendu ( santhippu)...it just says vikraman picked the kullan as he believed to be deaf n du…

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PANNIRU THIRUMURAI
listen to them in mp3 format http://siddhanta.shaivam.org/pal.htm

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PANNIRU THIRUMURAI
http://www.shaivam.org/adkaruvu.htm sidhdhar karuvUrth thEvar karuvUrth thEvar is one among the nine devotees who sung the Divine Music thiruvichaippA, which is the ninth thirumuRai. His compositions form the third set in thiruvichaippA. Since …

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PANNIRU THIRUMURAI
http://www.tamil.net/projectmadurai/pub/pm0092/tiruspa.pdf karuvurthevar aruliyathiruvisaipa

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Digitization of Mysore Univ. archives
English translation of arthasastra can be viewed here http://www.mssu.edu/projectsouthasia/history/primarydocs/Arthashastra /index.htm

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temples not identified
Noted, many thanks

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How much was one chola kasu
check this http://tamilartsacademy.com/books/coins/cover.html

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gangai konda solapuram
http://tamilartsacademy.com/books/gcpuram/cover.html

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secret tunnel under ravana silai...
some more tunnels! Udayagiri Fort in South India. Recently, officials of the Department of Archaeology have found a tunnel within the fort. vellore fort There is supposed to be a tunnel deep below the fort leading to a temple in a village know…

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temples not identified
hi if you can post a few pictures of these would be of help. due to the prominence of mahabs, we cannot attribute every cave to pallavas. note below: Jains constructed temples and called them Basadis in South India. Jainism was inbred much mo…

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secret tunnel under ravana silai...
hi Nageswaram tunnel - kumbakonam? In the days of royal rule, there existed a secret tunnel between this temple and the Thanjavur palace, to enable the king and his family to worship Lord Nageswaran in privacy. The passage is now blocked due to…

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
Siege Tower http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/siege-tower.htm A device used during the Middle Ages ( Medieval period ) in siege warfare. The Siege Tower was designed to to protect the soldiers attacking the defensive walls of a castle, town or fort…

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
compare with chinese seige towers!! http://authors.history- forum.com/liang_jieming/chinesesiegewarfare/index-english13102007.html http://authors.history- forum.com/liang_jieming/chinesesiegewarfare/index-english13102007.html http://authors.histo…

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
some gems - thanks to technology and the net http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregor_y/103970857/ http://www.egr.msu.edu/~vikramr/page/avudaiyar.html http://www.aarumugamangalam.com/main/temples.htm http://www.flickr.com/photos/dharma1971/469808115/…

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
http://hindunet.org/saraswati/ratha3.htm check out this link - got excellant links for the evolution of the chariot...again none of them even come close to our theeru

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
Hi, 1) Now - we are looking at two the'rs - the correct word to be used for the ones used by our gods ( and kings - ok kings were gods those days) would be ratham - horse drawn chariots. I dont think our temple carts resemble chariots in an…

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
hi look at it from this point of view: lets assume that the temple theru was built for the purpose of exhibiting the temple diety ( the utsavars) - 1) i think it was only during late 9th century you come across utsava murthi's in temples …

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
Temples with large theers/where the cart festival is famous: Aragalur Avinashi Chennimalai Colombo, Sri Lanka. Elampillai Kanchipuram Kapaleeshwarar temple, Chennai Palani - golden car Periya Veerampattinam near Ariyankuppam Salem, Tamil N…

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
hi,

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Varalaaru reply to Madan's reply.
hi, the mahavamsa ( chronicle of srilanka - had posted a link of this is my prev mails) and silappatigaram - have been to used to explain much of dating of sangam age...Gajabahu synchronism is the chronological device used by historians to help …

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
was it a seige tower?? http://www.finerareprints.com/military/grose/vol_military_grose_w_296 5.htm http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/badami/ban03.html does it look like a portable shrine?? http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-Antiquities/pag…

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How much was one chola kasu
http://lakdiva.org/coins/main.html http://lakdiva.org/coins/medievalindian/pallava_lion_pot.html Obverse : Lion facing right with one paw uplifted and tail curved over back. Reverse : large Flower Pot between two lamps http://lakdiva.org/coins/…

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How much was one chola kasu
http://lakdiva.org/coins/main.html http://lakdiva.org/coins/medievalindian/pallava_lion_pot.html Obverse : Lion facing right with one paw uplifted and tail curved over back. Reverse : large Flower Pot between two lamps http://lakdiva.org/coins/…

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Varalaaru reply to Madan's reply.
dear venkatesh I think we are missing the wood for the trees. The objective of this group will not end with a book on RRC or if madan issues a written apology - all of us must accept that we are not inventing things about RRC but rather discove…

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How much was one chola kasu
http://prabhu.50g.com/southind/chola/south_cholacat.html check this site - its got an excellant collection of chola coins - with good description of what has been embossed.... In the later part of the tenth century, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Sri L…

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Dating of the Cholas
check out this link: got interesting information http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/chinadata/geoim99/Proceedings/Pounduran_r aju.PDF The first mission of Cholas of South India sent by Rajaraja I reached the Chinese Court in 1015 A.D. and the second th…

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Dating of the Cholas
hi, thanks - an interesting link, check out this journal http://books.google.com/books? id=BcksAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA21&dq=chola#PPA11,M1 ( copy paste the above in your screen as one line and click on it) this is an extract from the journal of …

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How much was one chola kasu
agni - ignis - ignite>>>> thekku - teak>> arisi -rice >>> aanai kolran - anai kondan ( elephant killer) anaconda>>>

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Dating of the Cholas
dear amar the Mahavamsa ( the chronicle of srilankan history) maintained by buddist monks is a wonderful and independant source which substantiates much of the facts. you could get to seem them in below links http://www.sinhalanet.com/concisema…

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pasted message 213 from S.Gokul for the newcomers
hi, refer below news item, are the works of dr. M.Rajamanickanar the same as discussed in your earlier post - if so the works are now in public domain.. vj Government of Tamilnadu (India) has purchased the copyrights of the works of Tamil schol…

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