Digital Rare Book:
Anglo-Tamil Dictionary - With the Tamil words printed in the Roman, as well as in the Tamil character
By Peter Percival
Prepared by the Order of H.E. Sir Charles Trevelyan - Late Governor of Madras
Published by Public Instruction Press, Madras - 1861
Digital Rare Book:
THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE EARLY TAMILS
Based on the Synchronistic Tables of their Kings, Chieftains and Poets appearing in the Sangam Literature.
By K.N.Sivaraja Pillai
Senior Lecturer in Tamil, University of Madras
Published by University of Madras - 1932
New Book:
Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia
By Hermann Kulke, K Kesavapany, Vijay Sakhuja
Published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies - 2009
The expansion of the Cholas from their base in the Kaveri Delta saw this growing power subdu...
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Essay:
The Goddess and a Sultan: Hindu Coinage of Tipu Sultan
Published in The Seringapatam Times
Tipu was also a master at propaganda. Along with attempting to help the Math recover, Tipu wished to emulate the example of Karnataka’s greatest ruler, Sri Krishnadevaraya who initiated the custom o...
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Photograph of the throne on Krishnagiri hill at Gingee in Tamil Nadu from the 'Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Madras, 1894-95'. Gingee is situated south-west of Madras and was established during the Chola dynasty. The fort at Gingee has been occupied by the Vijayanagara kings, the Na...
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Digital Book :
Saundarya Lahari
The Ocean of Beauty of Sri Sankara Bhagatvatpada
English translation by Pandit S.Subrahmanya Sastri and T.R.Srinivasa Ayyangar
Published by The Theosophical Publishing House, Madras - 1937
Digital Rare Book:
Illustrations of the Rock-Cut temples of India -
Selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore.
Drawn on stone by Mr. T. C. Dibdin, from sketches made on the spot in the years 1838-9
By James Fer...
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Digital Rare Book:
A Malabar and English Dictionary
By The English Missionaries of Madras
Printed at Wepery near Madras - 1779
A Malabar and English Dictionary, wherein the words and phrases of the Tamulian Language, commonly called by the Europeans the Malabar language, are explained.