CHENNAI: When veteran epigraphist Iravatham Mahadevan published ‘Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the earliest times to the sixth century AD’ it opened the door to the Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions found in ...

Chennai: A 2,000-year-old Tamil Brahmi-inscribed hero stone was found in Appanur village in Ramanathapuram. Epigraphists say ...

Each rock bed inside the cavern on top of the Siddharmalai in K Mettupatti, 40km from Madurai, has an Tamil-Brahmi inscription. But just below the ancient inscription are also names in English — the ...

Hyderabad: Researchers discovered a terracotta object containing Brāhmī inscription written in Prakrit language and in characters of the 3rd century B.C. This inscription reads “dēvānaṁ” prefixed with ...

According to scholar Dharmeswar Chutia, who was entrusted with the task of deciphering the inscriptions, the plates are extremely significant as they mark the second stage of the development of the ...

HYDERABAD: Researchers have discovered a terracotta object containing Brahmi inscriptions written in the Prakrit language and in characters of the 3rd century BC on the bank of the Manjira river at ...

Giving a boost to the historical importance of Telangana, particularly during Mourya dynasty, researchers discovered a terracotta object containing Brāhmī inscription written in Prakrit language and ...

In an initiative aimed at popularising the ancient Tamil script, a Karur-based educational group has set aside 30 minutes of class time daily to teach students the Tamizhi (Tamil-Brahmi) script. About ...

COIMBATORE: Learning a new language is not everybody’s cup of tea, let alone an old script such as the Tamil-Brahmi. But, for eight-year-old SJ Moshika, reading and writing the ancient form of Tamil ...

Researchers discovered a terracotta object containing Brāhmī inscription written in Prakrit language and in characters of the 3rd century B.C. This inscription reads “dēvānaṁ” prefixed with a symbol ...