CHENNAI: In a discovery that reinforces the footprint of ancient Tamil civilisation across the globe, around 30 inscriptions, the majority of them in Tamil Brahmi, the early Tamil script, have been ...

More than two millennia ago, traders from the Indian subcontinent may have walked through the same arid landscapes that today draw travellers from across the globe. In a discovery that bridges South ...

Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

The discovery is expected to provide new evidence of direct, two-way contact between ancient Tamil traders and Egypt during the Roman period._Representative photo Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions in Egypt's ...

A path-breaking finding has shed new light on trade links between ancient Tamilagam, other parts of India and the Roman Empire. Two researchers have identified close to 30 inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi ...

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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has published the draft electoral roll of voters in Tamil Nadu on Friday (December 19, 2025), after carrying out the much-debated Special Intensive Revision (SIR ...

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CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday, based on the results of scientific dating of archaeological samples, declared that iron was used in the present Tamil-speaking region even in the mid ...