Tamilakam the ancient flourish Tamil country was known for its various inventions and discoveries and one of it is the Damascus Steel. Wootz steel or Damascus steel is one of the wonders of the ancient world. With its characteristic meandering pattern, the steel alloy known as Wootz steel (derived from the Tamil word ‘Urukku’ which means fusion or melting) still
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The Chinese and Tamil communities have celebrated thousands of years of friendship. And this rich bilateral exchange has been recorded by several monks and traders. The history of Tamil-Chinese interactions dates back two thousand years ago. From the renowned Buddhist monk XuanZang to nameless explorers, numerous Chinese travellers and historians have left notes on Tamil people and the ancient Tamil
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Kodumanal is a unassuming village in Tamil Nadu and it would be a stretch – both geographically and imaginatively, to say that it had, or has, anything remotely to do with the city of Rome in Italy. But as they say – fact can sometimes be stranger than fiction, and as archaeological excavations has revealed, the village was a prominent
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Around 2,000 years ago, Tamil was the lingua franca of traders across the South East Asian seas. Star South Asia expert and museum curator Dr.John Guy is in India to explain how Tamil merchants, who are prominent in the early history of the region, became integral cultural and political influences in courts across South East Asia. “You get a sense
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