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Did Tamil kings/soldiers use shield ?
Hi, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckler Page No . 130 from Tamils 1800 years ago by V.Kanakasabai, refers to Bucklers made of Ox-Hide carried by soldiers.

Comment by snandaakumar July 2008 permalink
Jainism and Buddism
Hi, This may not be the factual truth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veera_Ballala_III Pandya affairs Ballala III successfully arbitered in the affairs of Tamil country by appointing Sundara Pandya as the Pandya king as opposed to his competitor, Vir…

Comment by snandaakumar June 2008 permalink
Tamil Sangam - Facts and Ficiton
Hi Vijay/Vairam, Are we confusing too many legends into one? Sambandar episode is the one where jain monksare impaled at the end of it, that too by the Koon pandiyan and his queenmangayarkarasi. Appar's trials and tribulations resulted in the M…

Comment by snandaakumar May 2008 permalink
a plowman with a single plow
Hi, Looks like the poet has been very much viewing things from a farming perspective. He has chosen to express his purity of love by comparing himself to a farmer, who would with all natural and pure love get down to the act of seeding the fertile l…

Comment by snandaakumar May 2008 permalink
how literate can a toddy gather be in ancient india
Are people aware ofany literature works that survived the transition and be available in original form? or at least stone inscriptions with gradual transitions from tamil-brahmi to vatezhettu?

Comment by snandaakumar May 2008 permalink
how literate can a toddy gather be in ancient india
If this pot from 3rd century AD, then what was the tamil script used for epics likesilapadikaram, which are believed to be of the same age? Is it tamil-brahmi or vatezhettu script?

Comment by snandaakumar May 2008 permalink
the homology of captured door guardians
Hi, A snippet from "Tamil - 1800 years ago" - "Detachment of King's troops return to the city from their raids into enemy territories, bringing with them such booty as Horses, elephants, beautifully carved gates fromfortresses w…

Comment by snandaakumar May 2008 permalink
chidambaram trip
Hi, I am interested, but let me know the dates before hand. I will have to plan my trip to chennai accordingly.

Comment by snandaakumar May 2008 permalink
Dasavatharam :: Trailer link

Comment by snandaakumar May 2008 permalink
the flood in hindu mythology
Hi, iniya chitirai thirunal matrum puthandu vazhthukual. :) I hate to do this again, talking of Kalki bhagavan, we already have enough dupes masquerading as "Kalki" avataram. I wish people stay away from such dupes, and find godliness w…

Comment by snandaakumar April 2008 permalink
the flood in hindu mythology
There is another place called "Tittai" near Thanjavur, my grandmother hails from this place, also claims to be place where mankind was ferried to safety and landed, during the great flood. There is a beautiful but small shiva temple here a…

Comment by snandaakumar April 2008 permalink
PS MEET
Hi, SPS suggestions are looking attractive to me. I am interested in such a trip.

Comment by snandaakumar March 2008 permalink
check out this link - tiruvellarai
Hi, Talking of Krishna killing the Heron, this is what I found in somnathpur(Hoysala - Unesco world heritage site) http://picasaweb.google.com/nandakumar.s/Somnathpur/photo#4998340192316096530 http://picasaweb.google.com/nandakumar.s/Somnathpur/p…

Comment by snandaakumar March 2008 permalink
Mayan civilization
Hi, Talking of religions fighting it out, reminds me of how two big empires keeping fighting each other and spend all their energies and allow an entirely king or empire to show up. Eg: 1. 850AD Pallavas and Pandiyas fight it out - thirupuramb…

Comment by snandaakumar January 2008 permalink
Ancient pyramid found in central Mexico City - Yahoo! News
Hi Ravi, Unfortunately for the chola, kulotunga I's period was the beginning of the decline for the chola kingdom. He lost more territories than the kingdom actually had and towards the end of his reign the chola kingdom had began to lose cont…

Comment by snandaakumar December 2007 permalink
Amazing if true......
:) Similarly Virudagirieswarar temple in Virudachalam has a carving of a T-Rex? I have not seen it but read it either from Sakthi-Vikatan or from another temple related magazine. Can someone confirm?

Comment by snandaakumar December 2007 permalink
Uthira-kosa-mangai
Thank you very much for this info.

Comment by snandaakumar December 2007 permalink
Uthira-kosa-mangai
Hi, That sounds very closely to be a translation of "bloody Mary" Bangalore Meet - Did not see any favourable responses so far. I hope we have someone interested for the 23-Dec-07. Lets see the responses that we get.

Comment by snandaakumar December 2007 permalink
Did RRC looted maldives and lanka, similar to britishers?
was mangal pandey a brahman?

Comment by snandaakumar December 2007 permalink
Did RRC looted maldives and lanka, similar to britishers?
Even Brahmins were commanders in the chola army/pandya army.

Comment by snandaakumar December 2007 permalink
Did RRC looted maldives and lanka, similar to britishers?
Vijay, The second one looks like a sacrifice, rather than a massacre? Any other thoughts? Nanda

Comment by snandaakumar November 2007 permalink
Did RRC looted maldives and lanka, similar to britishers?

Comment by snandaakumar November 2007 permalink
nandini again
Hi Vijay, Do you have any references that Ravidasan was trained at Kandalur salai or he had a relative in a similar position in the Pandiya kingdom? Also as per the reading provided by KAN, Ravidasan and all his family was banished from Chola or So…

Comment by snandaakumar November 2007 permalink
nandini again
Many people would agree, but in the scene which Aditya karikalan remembers from his memory, Nandhini falls in front of Veera pandiyan's and pleads with him to spare her lover(Veera Pandiya). Kalki never tries to prove or state vehemently, that …

Comment by snandaakumar November 2007 permalink
Did RRC looted maldives and lanka, similar to britishers?
Hi, Sometimes reading the meykeertis in english makes it difficult to read. Is it possible to post such instances alone in tamil(unicode/tscii) while the rest of the mail remains in english!

Comment by snandaakumar November 2007 permalink
SCRIPT MEET ON SATURDAY
Hi All, I would like to propose a meeting of the Bangalore PS group on the 2nd Dec 07 @ 3pm. Suggestions for location are welcome. I would prefer a quiet park(Lalbagh or cubbon park) or a temple to be the point of meeting. Agenda: an informal get…

Comment by snandaakumar November 2007 permalink
Suggestion for TAMIL in PS
Hi All, For starters, we can try dual-language mails. At least we have a global reach of english and we can try improving and improvising our tamil language capabilities too, which of late is seeing a huge downtrend among english-language educated …

Comment by snandaakumar November 2007 permalink
Thanjavur
Hi All, I have Tamil Unicode fonts installed on my PC and hence I have been able to read Vigneshwaran's email.

Comment by snandaakumar November 2007 permalink
kunthavai
Hi, I came across a news item that the european man with the surveyor's hat is being removed from the super-structure is this true? Nanda

Comment by snandaakumar November 2007 permalink
google tamil
Hi, This is a neat solution. I used to have problems reading tsc emails from agathiyar and other groups to unicode. Used an online conversion tool from adhiyaman http://www.higopi.com/adhiyaman/index.php

Comment by snandaakumar October 2007 permalink

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