• Trade in Ancient Tamilakam - Part 1
    Image - Big Temple Entrance

  • Merchants and Merchant Guilds -
    Part 2
    Image - Brihadheeshwarar Temple

  • Role of State and Polity in Tamilakam - Part 3
    Image - Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam in Madurai

  • Overseas Relations and Role of Temples - Part 4
    Image - Banteay Srei

Finding Wordpress more suitable to my needs, I am moving my blog there. But I will be posting my articles here too, until Wordpress... [...]

Overseas Relations   Carvings on the walls of Banteay Srei or Banteay Srey - a 10th century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Lord Sh... [...]

Role of State and Polity  An 16th Century Map of Madurai shows the Nayak fortresses and streets around the Meenakshi Temple   Fro... [...]

Merchants and Merchant Guilds Breaking the myth propagated by “NCERT” Historians, that the business communities were given no respect by... [...]

Introduction Seldom can people read a non-fiction and come out of it as entranced as if they have been living in a fictionalised world... [...]

That is definitely a breathtaking scenery. It kindles too much imagination. Click here to view full size. [...]

Analysis of General Studies Paper 2 in the Mains Exam is done here . Do take a look. [...]

I have written a blog analysing the latest changes in the UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination which will be implemented from 2013 onwards.... [...]

Note – All semi-colons in the article are not deliberate and are the result of MS Word Auto Correct. After his heavy-duty assault on... [...]

The Asianet Star Singer in its 6th installment provided with a variety of singers. Usually, I do not watch them since the entire proc... [...]

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Dedicated to the city I love. Theppakkulam in 1890s. Source It is late afternoon. Madurai is as unforgiving as she always ... [...]