The first publication from the Centre ( ISEAS - Nalanda Sriwijaya Centre) is now out, on the voyages of the Chola Expeditions to South-East Asia in the 11 {+t} {+h} century, and Chola interaction in South-East Asia. Ambassador K. Kesavapany, Director ISEAS, elaborates his plans to have this work translated into Tamil, and have it released at the Thanjavur Big Temple, now, in the 1000 {+t} {+h} year of the temple. In Amartya Sen's words `it is fitting that it is happening in Singapore, for this nation has become the prime mover of pan-Asian intellectual and social collaboration in the world today. Sen quotes Xuanzang, an ancient Chinese Nalanda scholar: `Who would want to share enlightenment alone?'
reports The Hindu in Friday Review (Chennai Edition) :: Reviving Nalanda.
How would it be, if a similar find surfaces at Madurai Meenatchi Temple or at Tanjai Periya Kovil, revealing lost pre/cankam age grammer, poetry & literature!