"I came and saw.\" Discover the story of Cikai Korran, the Tamil trader who left his name in the Valley of the Kings 2,000 years ago. New 2026 findings here.

Nimal Herath, an engineer by profession, has now written a book on ‘epigraphy’, the study of inscriptions. How he moved from engineering to archaeology, particularly to paleography, is a matter of ...

Tamil traders not only arrived in ships and left but also stayed in the region for a prolonged period ...

Until now, historians knew of Tamil traders reaching Egyptian ports such as Berenike along the Red Sea. However, these newly ...

CHENNAI: In a discovery that reinforces the footprint of ancient Tamil civilisation across the globe, around 30 inscriptions, ...

It was Iravatham Mahadevan’s ‘Early Tamil Epigraphy’ that opened doors to Tamil-Brahmi, the earliest script for old Tamil. But it was only after the development of a Unicode font that the script ...

For historians, the implications are immediate. They reveal how ancient traders from the subcontinent interacted with the world, with links to previous discoveries in India and elsewhere.

A centrepiece of The Hindu Lit For Life, to be held on January 17 and 18 in Chennai, will be a workshop on ‘How to read and write Tamil-Brahmi and Vattelluttu scripts’. Conducted by award-winning and ...

Beautifully stark and minimal-pretty. That’s Ode by Oindrila and Arka’s signature. Founded in 2020 by NIFT alumni Oindrila Choudhury and Arka Kundu, their latest edit draws inspiration from the ...