THANJAVUR: An 11th century inscription of Raja Raja I period was recently found in a village near Thanjavur. The piece of stone with inscriptions was found in the backyard of AS Mohan of Arulmozhipettai. This region, known earlier as Arunmozhidevanpettai, got the name of Raja Raja I (985-1014). Mani Maran, a scholar from Saraswathi Mahal […]
The town of Palaverkadu, also known as ‘Pulicat’, is a coastal idyll, whose claim to fame is the lagoon that stretches out in front of it like a giant watercolour. Located just 54 km north of Chennai, the shallow, brackish waters of the lake have made Pulicat a sanctuary for migratory birds. Stand at the […]
During 2004 and 2005, I spent several months in Pondicherry and southern Vietnam researching the lives of Indians who found their way to colonial Indochina. In both places the built urban archive proved to be a rich and informative source for my study. Sites in Pondicherry which speak of its colonial past had lasted fairly […]
Introduction In search of languages genetically related to Japanese, linguists over the last one hundred years have compared Japanese with almost every other language in the world-not only those of neighbouring peoples such as Ainu, Korean and Indonesian, but even Greek; yet none of these efforts have succeeded in establishing any kind of kinship. It […]
In 1981, Professor Susumu Ono of Gakushuin University gained recognition for his provocative hypothesis for an ancient link between the Japanese and Tamil languages. Born in 1919, Ono graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1943. Recognized as one of the foremost linguists in Japan, Ono was Professor of Linguistics at Gakushuin University in Tokyo. […]
Poompuhar is an ancient port city in Tamil Nadu, India. Its very old name in Tamil Poetic works and other literature are Puhar , Kaveripoompatinam etc. It is located in the mouth of river Kaveri in Southern Tamil Nadu. It was once a flourishing ancient Port city in the Early Chola Kingdom around 500AD. The […]
