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1000th YEAR OF RAJARAJECHARAM :: 22.04.2010
I'd suspect that we have to use the Indian calendar to count. the 25th year needn't start on July 18th 1009, because the Indian calendar doesn't always (aka, never) match up to the Western one. So, which calendar should we use? And …

Comment by trshash84 April 2010 permalink
field trip of second batch- Nurse
Another important part of surgery would be amputation - as I recall, surgeons in medieval and early-modern England were referred to as "Sawbones". Proper amputation and rehabilitation (if done) would have been quite an important part of m…

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Indira Aram in Netherland's Museum
Hmm... I would probably suspect that if it's not accounted for, there's a very good possibility that some low-level soldier in one army or another just took it home as part of his loot, melted it down and sold it. Who ever said that histo…

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Is it true or superstitious???
Honestly SPS sir, they didn't. Alexander's son was a minor (or not even born, I think) when Alexander died, and the empire got split up between his generals - Selucus, Ptolemy and others. In the end, I don't think any of Philip'…

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Is it true or superstitious???
To inject a small amount of statistics from elsewhere in the world (source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_auxiliaries#Later_Principate_.2897.E2.80.93284.29 ): The Romans generally maintained an army of about 200000 to about 400000. Remember, th…

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] Where it all began in South India - Stone Circles| கல்தோ
My take on it: If you look at Egypt, it's basically desert, broken by the Nile. In other words, probably the only arid climate in the ancient world that people could live in. Other places where ancient civilizations of that time existed - Meso…

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Period of Azhwars :: Sri Aandal - Lunar month?
Yes, that's true, at least upto a point: The "Indian National Calendar" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_national_calendar ) is actually nothing more than offset dates from the Gregorian calendar, and not calculated according to …

Comment by trshash84 February 2010 permalink
Why do we need to know about chola history
"Setta varalaaru"? If that's the case, Egypt and Greece have an even more "setta varalaaru" (not to mention Rome). At least our culture is continuous for thousands of years My reasons would be many, but I'll give you a…

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How much of Indian History is Hindu History (North East)
If I may add a small point here: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Katherine Brobeck

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Christianity in India

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Lemuri Continent
More to the point, they're coral reefs, not continental protrusions. That makes them very bad candidates for a sunken continent. Shash

Comment by trshash84 December 2009 permalink
rebuilding of kapali temple
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what are idols made of?

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Ancient Tamizh religion

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rebuilding of kapali temple
Well, yes. Nobody's disputing that the old temple stood near the coast and that the current one is not the original temple. But the circumstances seem to be a mystery... When was the old temple demolished? When was the new one constructed? Wha…

Comment by trshash84 December 2009 permalink
rebuilding of kapali temple
> > > So, 1523 to 1749, I guess... > > > > but madras was founded in 1639 > did the british allow portugese to continue for 90 years? > Yes, apparently... They were probably too busy fighting the French to really bother …

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rebuilding of kapali temple

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rebuilding of kapali temple
Eh? What did I do? ;-)

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rebuilding of kapali temple

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Cholas Golden period
Kind of hard to attack Delhi from the South without going through Orissa, though...

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Meaning of Alexander
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Meaning of Alexander
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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Well, as far as I know, the first invasion of the South by any Muslim ruler was Malik Kafur - about 300 years after RJC. Certainly, there weren't any established Muslim kingdoms in the North during RJC's time. So, no... No raids/invasion…

Comment by trshash84 November 2009 permalink
Downfall of Chola Dynasty
I believe he was originally meant to be a Polish noble angry with the Russians, but then Verne and his publisher decided that doing that would anger the Russians, so they targeted the British instead...

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Of Piramali Kallars and their heroics
Hi, Sounds interesting! Except...

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
On Saturday 14 Nov 2009 1:36:32 am intellisurfer wrote: > Thanks for the kind summary. So why are Mughals more popular than say any > of the other dynasties - Chola or the Chalukyas? It is it because > Britishers (almost) took over them, …

Comment by trshash84 November 2009 permalink
Downfall of Chola Dynasty
On Saturday 14 Nov 2009 1:47:51 am intellisurfer wrote: > Well, then how do you answer for the Turkic forces, or the Mughals? Mughal > Empire which is considered to be the largest after the Gupta Empire > (thousands of years ago); had mul…

Comment by trshash84 November 2009 permalink
Downfall of Chola Dynasty
On Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 7:59:16 pm intellisurfer wrote: > Venkatesh: > Thanks. But why did they not keep marching past Central India into the > Northern Plains; and importantly hold those regions for a long time? One reason is the Vindhy…

Comment by trshash84 November 2009 permalink
obama gets peace prize
The committee for the science and economics prizes are formed of five members elected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, while for peace, it's the Norwegian parliament that elects the committee. Essentially, while the other prizes are…

Comment by trshash84 October 2009 permalink
ancient and unique nature of tamil
Small point to be made here: In Pali (among other languages, I guess), the Sanskrit _bikshu_ becomes _bikku_, similar to Tamil. I'm sure we could find quite a few similar instances... In my opinion, there's no question that _all_ Indian l…

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