This aquatint was taken from plate 9 of Salt's 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt'. Viscount Valentia, George Annesley described this temple at Rameshvaram (in Tamil Nadu) as: "one of the most sacred and most sp...
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Sri Rama
Kerala, Chera Period, 11th Century
Copper alloy
Cast with the high ornamentation and expressive vitality of the Kerala style, this engaging and accomplished bronze is a rare sculptural depiction of Rama, the hero of India's great epic.
His expression is one of limitless vigor and abili...
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Digital Rare Book:
The Treatment of Nature in Sangam Literature
(Ancient Tamil Literature)
By M. Varadarajan
Published by The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society, Tinnevelly - 1969
Digital Rare Book:
Historical Inscriptions of Southern India
Collected till 1923 and outlines of political history
By Robert Sewell
Edited by Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Published by Diocesan Press, Madras - 1932
The Swamimalai Murugan temple and the Tamil Calendar
By Raj Vedam
The Swamimalai Murugan temple near Kumbhakonam has existed since the Sangam Era (~500BCE), and later built ornately by the Cholas around 900 CE. The temple was heavily damaged in 1740 during the cannon exchanges between the Britis...
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Digital Rare Book :
Chronological Tables for Southern India from the Sixth Century A. D.
By Robert Sewell
Printed by E.Keys at The Government Press - 1881
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Robert Sewell (1845–1925) worked in the civil service of...
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Digital Rare Book:
TELUGU - ENGLISH DICTIONARY with Telugu words printed in the Roman, as well as in the Telugu character intended for the use of European Officers, Soldiers and others employed in the several Executive Departments under the Government of Madras.
By Rev.Peter Percival
Published by...
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Digital Rare Book:
TIRUTTANTA CANKIRAKAM or, A collection of proverbs in Tamil with their translation in English
By Peter Percival
Published by Jaffna Book Society, Jaffna - 1843
Digital Rare Book:
TAMIL PROVERBS with their English translation containing upwards of six thousand proverbs
By Peter Percival
Published by Dinavartamani Press, Madras - 1874
Digital Rare Book:
TELUGU - ENGLISH DICTIONARY with Telugu words printed in the Roman, as well as in the Telugu character intended for the use of European Officers, Soldiers and others employed in the several Executive Departments under the Government of Madras.
By Rev.Peter Percival
Published by...
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Digital Rare Book:
ANGLO - TAMIL DICTIONARY with the Tamil words printed in the Roman, as well as in the Tamil character intended for the use of European Officers, Soldiers and others employed in the several Executive Departments under the Government of Madras.
By Peter Percival
Published by Pub...
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The Beach at Cape Comorin - 1860
by Robert Bruce Foote
Pen-and-ink and wash drawing of the beach at Cape Comorin (Kanniyakumari) by Robert Bruce Foote (1835-1912) in 1860. Inscribed on the front in ink is: 'R.B. Foote delt. 18.9.1860'; on the back: 'View of Cape Comorin, the Kumla Kumari Pagoda,...
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