Spoke to Dr. Kalaikkovan related to his new finds.
Dr. Kalaikkovan and Dr. Nalini have been working on this alomost for about a year and have taken efforts and time to assemble the fragments to read and understand their nature.
As we are aware, the VARALAARU Inscription publication is brought out by the Dr. Rajamanickanar Research Centre, Trichy, once necessary number of inscriptions are found, read and compiled.
Tne next issue is due for publication and hence the finds are being discussed openly and widely.
Re Udayalur inscriptions - certain inscriptions are copied already by ASI and published.
ALREADY means most of them are found between say 1900 and 1930 or so - by the British ! and hardly much work is done in our Independent India !
We heard that there was ASI Ooty (in 1960s ) because it suited to an official and that became defunct and moved to ASI (Mysore) later because that suited to another official... where our inscriptions are lying for the past several decades !
TN State Archeology under Dr. Nagaswamy, Nadana Kasinathan, Dr. Sridhar, Dr. Vasantha Kalyani and such officials under the Chiefministership of Dr. MGR, Dr. JJ and Dr. Kalaignar have also published inscriptions related to various Districts...
To cite an example, there are about 30 inscriptions were published from Trivualanchuzhi in 1902 by the ASI... (Vol VIII)
State Archlgy under Dr. Vasantha kalyani brought out in about 1987 an exclusive edition (which I purchased in Rajarajan manimandapam during our last Thanjai trip 2006 ?) covering about 57 inscriptions.
Dr. Kalaikkovan and Dr. Nalini have found about 20 inscriptions which were not reported earlier... atleast 3 of them are after escavation of Kshetrabalar temple there). These are reported in " Varalaaru " book and also published as a separate book.
Put together, we have more than 107 inscriptions in this temple - found over a period of 100 years !!
Udayalur - (with RRC Pallippadai speculations ) - does kindle interest in such Scholars - and their contribution in the direction of finding more details is very much commendable.
> > Re Udayalur inscriptions - certain inscriptions are copied already > by ASI and published. > > ALREADY means most of them are found between say 1900 and 1930 or > so - by the British ! and hardly much work is done in our > Independent India ! > > > Dr. Kalaikkovan and Dr. Nalini have found about 20 inscriptions > which were not reported earlier... atleast 3 of them are after > escavation of Kshetrabalar temple there).
dear Sps is there any excavation going on in udayalur to have enabled doctor and his team to have found the new inscriptions?