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Pandya - A Sad but Yet Powerful Empire
Hi vir ballala co operated with the invaders in first and second invasion and in a moment of remorse tried to take madurai from the sultanate the remnats of the pandyas refused to co operate and vallala was captured and skinned alive. his body was…

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Pandya - A Sad but Yet Powerful Empire
Hi the pandyas spent too much time in exile to have real good administrative capabilities also when they came to power they weakened all their vassal states and destroyed the buffer they had to an invasion worst they fought amongst themselves an…

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Nandan Charithram Translation
where does thirupungur come into all this? even there we have the nandi moved. venketesh

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Rajendra Cholas wars
> > Also i wanted to know how was his welcome amongst the general public? Were there no questions raised on the construction of GangaicondalCholapuram temple in compettiton with the Brihadeeswarar temple? Actually a point that should be analy…

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One day trip - Pallava cave trail - 9th Dec 2012 - Sunday
I too will join sathish but beach meeting is also a must venketesh

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Who is release books coming Chennai Book Fair 2013?
dear malarvizhi( you certainly dont need a pen name) congrats on your first novel. and do make use of the expertise of our group members, in reviewing, editing and proofing it will certainly make your work easier and better I and the other authors…

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Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
> Ramayana and Mahabharata were back to back happenings and happened between 200 BC to 0 AD and probably written between 200 BC to 200 AD. so ashoka, alexander nalanda and buddha prededed the epics? I can give you historical proofs. Notlies. …

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Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
buddha died around 450-470 bc what 5th century buddhist texts mention pandyas I wonder and how long are we going to write our history based on mentions of names in alien texts. why are we not able to list our kings who lived before BC? what monu…

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Indian History - Lost works (Treasure!)
> Even the recorded bits and pieces need to be structured. History is very imporatant and need to be recorded. Taking shelter under sprituality for our failures is just an excuse. very rightly said just look around in wiki for kings of france it…

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Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
Hi sathish history is now a science in the humanities section. trying to tell the people as much truth about their past as possible there should be a logical if not a scientific approach and comparable studies are needed. we cant claim an advanc…

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Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
gopala devar might have been a chieftain in senji and anyway not of any dynasty. must have been a free mover in those troubled post vijaynagar times

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Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
some gods and kings in greece wre named "Pandion". wiki has an article on them

Comment by abhivencat November 2012 permalink
Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
just curious and this is not for arul but the rest of our friends what are the evidences we have of a cultured society in tamilnadu in prechristian era both literary and scientific. this is not to provoke sentiments but to list out historic sourc…

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Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
ananda vikadan is publishing a 250 rs book on KARIKALAN. one entirely based on literary info. lets see how it turns out on comparisons between tamil and other histories, just check out england and french histories during 10th century. how well it i…

Comment by abhivencat November 2012 permalink
Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
> > Recording history as per the modern prescriptions is of late and the modern western way. The evidence and literature that we have is our indian and tamilian way and predates western history. If you want Indian or Tamil history you need to…

Comment by abhivencat October 2012 permalink
Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
etymology is a seperate science. history is a record of what really happenned. literary evidence is the last resort when you dont have anything else . like in tamilnadu. your list of RRC's battles comes from literary evidence of his meikeerthi…

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Presence of Pandiyas in Afghanistan
this is what we call the etymological trap places with similar names could lead you into historical quicksand the chola pass means the pass of the goddess in tibetian. all passes are called la in that language. nahutula pass is one example we had a …

Comment by abhivencat October 2012 permalink
PS MEET on 5th August - Sunday 3-7 PM - Programme

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Did Kalki's Write foreword for Ponniyin Selvan?
sathish, thooka kalakkamaa? you meant he 'coulndt have written"

Comment by abhivencat June 2012 permalink
Ponniyin Selvan Novel - Contradictions
Hi sampath, small errors do crop up in a long drawn novel in one place when a group of priests meet sembian madevi about thirupani for thiru malapaadi, she asks innocently, 'which malapaadi?" the hitch was she was malavarayan magal the …

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Did Kalki's Write foreword for Ponniyin Selvan?
Hi that brings us to an interesting question. whether PS ever was in the book form during kalki's lifetime? the time diference between the last episode and the famous afterword and kalkis' demise was around 8 months(?) the book must have c…

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Ponniyin Selvan Novel - Contradictions
> Mugalayar may be a mix up in words as this term is more in vogue; but > arabs and persians were trading with the cholas, I think he actually meant arabs though the mughals had nothing to do with them. they were of more mongol stock And m…

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Ponniyin Selvan Novel - Contradictions
Hi sathish kalki mentions mugalayar in one chapter. mughals came into history 400 years aft this story the goof up with murugaiyan brother of pungkuzhali introduced as dumb and he talks later as far as this crowning was concerned i was once told t…

Comment by abhivencat June 2012 permalink
KUMBABISHEKAM AT THIRUVATHIGAI
> Dear friends. > Kumbahishekam of Thiruvathigai Veerataneswarar going to be held on 01.06.2012 if anybody interested can make visit of the temple where Appar has got cured of Soolai Noi also mahendra converted to hinduism here as well as su…

Comment by abhivencat May 2012 permalink
Ground Penetrating Radar
if we are thinking about these technologies in the context of unearthing hidden structures........... why is that many of these lost structures are in mounds, sometimes 40 50 feet in height actually debunks the theory that archeology was about the …

Comment by abhivencat May 2012 permalink
Is There A Connection Between Ancient Indian And Hebrew Language?
> > * Yemen (Arab country)Yamuna (River of India)* > We had this discussion earlier, when we tried to connect it to "Yama", but > failed. I think Venkat will remember this discussion... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen#…

Comment by abhivencat March 2012 permalink
VANTHIYA THEVAN ROUTE !
Hi thiruvallam is near ranipet. its a devaram shrine. lots of chola monuments including pallipadais in the north arct. i think a lot more battles of the cholas were fought on the northern frontier vanthiyathevan comes to light in just one or two e…

Comment by abhivencat February 2012 permalink
KARUVURAR
> > > > Dr. Nagaswamy has discussed these detail in depth in his book " Brahadeswara " published last year. > > > > Dr. RN has gone through in depth and refuted these versions. > > > > 2. Re Karuvur…

Comment by abhivencat February 2012 permalink
KARUVURAR
> Sri Arunagirinathar has sung about Tanjore temple. > That means in his times the temple fully active. he sings about the muruga on the gopuram. so muruga temple was added later. the serfojis had to leave their kingdom under the doctrine o…

Comment by abhivencat February 2012 permalink
poompuhar: how active it was in 10th century?
Hi some very large and nice temples were built in poompuhar area during this period. may be the port silted up or the old port was submerged but people continued living here. of course trade and commerce and foreign notices must have withered. venk…

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