CFP- Lassnet Conference December 2012

April 25, 2012
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International Law and Social Sciences Research Network Conference University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka. December 14 to 16, 2012 The inaugural Law and Social Sciences Research Network (LASSnet) conference was held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi in 2009. A subsequent conference was held at the Foundation for Liberal and Management Education in...
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South India under the Cholas

April 24, 2012
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South India under the Cholas South India Under the Cholas by Y. Subbarayalu This book explores different aspects of state-society interactions in medieval south India under the reign of the Cholas. Divided into two parts-Epigraphy and History, and State and Society-the first provides an in-depth analysis of Tamil epigraphy and inscriptions. While interpreting inscriptional terminology, it discusses the socio-economic...
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How do you destroy Indian history?

April 19, 2012
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How do you destroy Indian history? “Our past is being moth-eaten” article by Dinyar Patel Dinyar Patel, a Ph.D. candidate from the Department of History of Harvard University, published an article in The Hindu (19/04/2012) on the alarming situation in Indian archives. “India’s archives and libraries are in a state of ruin. We would lose our history and heritage if the government does...
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Classical Tamil Summer Seminar 6-13 August 2012

10th Classical Tamil Summer Seminar 6-13 August – EFEO Puducherry     The study of Classical Tamil is not widespread or prominent in the West. The EFEO Centre can offer the opportunity of approaching the difficult material by reading and discussing texts and commentaries both with Indian and Western scholars. For the time being...
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International Workshop on Tamil Epigraphy 6-17 august 2012

NINTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TAMIL EPIGRAPHY Tamil Nadu, India, 6 to 17 August 2012   We are glad to announce our Ninth International Workshop on Tamil Epigraphy, to be held from 6 to 17 August 2012. Please note that the workshop will be held in Pondicherry and in Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India. No...
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EAP 458 progress report

March 29, 2012
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EAP 458 Constituting a Digital Archive of Tamil Agrarian History 6 month progress report addressed to the Endangered Archives Programm   This report -which covers the first six month of our digital archives project (August 2011-January 2012)- was sent to our funding institution the EAP (British Library/Arcadia).   Recruitment, training and equipment   When...
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Discovery of 2,200-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscription

March 29, 2012
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Discovery of 2,200-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscription Muthukumar (CLAC) participates in the discovery of  a 2200 year-old Jain inscription A short Tamil-Brahmi inscription carved out over 2200 years ago on a boulder in Samanamalai (Madurai district) was discovered recently by V. Vedachalam (Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department) and V. Muthukumar, one of our team members. To read more about the inscription and...
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Tamil Summer School 2012

March 20, 2012
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Tamil Summer School in Puducherry 30 July 2012 to 8 September 2012 What is the TSS? The Tamil Summer School is an intensive six-weeks course in spoken Tamil organised by the Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture(PILC), a Govt. of Puducherry institution, known for its research activities, training programmes and workshops. The course was...
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Collections 11 to 23 digitised !!

March 14, 2012
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Collections 11 to 23 (August 2011- January 2012)   Coll. No Location Type of Documents No.of Photos No.of photos on other topics 11 Erode -98 palm leaves  bundles : land deeds, EIC records, pattayams 4 343 3 431 12 Erode -39 palm leaves bundles: land deed, pattayams 908 884 13 Madurai 8 palm leaves...
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Caste, Land and Custom

The purpose of the research notebook "Caste, Land and Custom" is to share information on the constitution of a digital archive of vulnerable documents of Tamil agrarian history as well as related topics of interest in the field of Tamil studies, legal anthropology and ethnohistory.

The Endangered Archives Programme

The Endangered Archives Programme

French Institute of Pondicherry

French Institute of Pondicherry

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