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 7 Mar 2016 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Siva-Purana
Translated by a Board of Scholars
Edited by J.L.Shastri
Published by Motilal Banarsidass, Dehi - 1970

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Shiva Embracing His Consort, Uma (Alinganamurti)

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 18 Dec 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Studies in Tamil Literature and History
By V.R.Ramachandra Dikshitar
Published by University of Madras -1936

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Gouache painting on paper from an album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu dei... Read More
 17 Dec 2015 Rare BOOKS
New Book:
Siva Temples of South India
Compiled by R.K.Periwal
Published by Moorlidhar Mohanlal Saraf Charitable Trust, Calcutta - 1995

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Drawing by F. Swain Ward in c.1762 of the temple at Chidambaram in T... Read More
 11 Dec 2015 Sculpture
Shiva as the Cosmic Pillar
India, Tamil Nadu, early 12th century
Sculpture
Granulite with traces of paint

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 11 Dec 2015 Rare BOOKS
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

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 11 Dec 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Classified Collection of Tamil Proverbs
By Herman Jensen
Published by The Methodist Episcopal Publishing House, Madras - 1897

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Religious Procession
India, Tamil Nadu, circa 1850
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 11 Dec 2015 Rare BOOKS
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

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 9 Dec 2015 Sculpture
Krishna Rajamannar with His Wives, Rukmini and Satyabhama, and His Mount, Garuda
India, Tamil Nadu, late 12th-13th century
Sculpture
Copper alloy

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 9 Dec 2015 New Books
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... Read More
 9 Dec 2015
Seal of the Chola King Rajendra I (reigned 1012-1044)
India, Tamil Nadu, 1012-1044

Seal
Copper alloy

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 12 Nov 2015 Article/Essay
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... Read More
 28 Oct 2015 Rare Photographs
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... Read More
 28 Oct 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
History of Gingee and its Rulers
By C. S. Srinivasachari
Published by The Annamalai Univesity, Madras - 1943

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Photograph of the Kalyana Mahal at Gingee in Tamil Nadu from the 'Archaeol... Read More
 25 Oct 2015 Article/Essay
RBSI Essay Series:

The Trading Guilds of South India and South-East Asian histories.
By Sunny Narang

We cannot understand India and South-East Asian histories without understanding the Tamil and Kalinga empires and the trading guilds of South India .

I am continually shocked at the bad and st... Read More
 21 Oct 2015 Rare BOOKS
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

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 19 Oct 2015 Article/Essay
Article:
This hero stops the plunder of India's past
Rediff.com

'Imagine how secure are our seaports and airports that 10,000 objects can leave every decade and our custodians are not even aware?'

'This kind of targeted looting when thieves pick and choose the best of Indian art and steal on an... Read More
 11 Oct 2015 Rare BOOKS
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... Read More
 4 Oct 2015 Sculpture
Cow Adoring a Shivalinga
India, Tamil Nadu, circa 800
Sculpture
Granite

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 28 Sep 2015 Rare BOOKS
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.

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 26 Sep 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Malayalam and English dictionary
By Hermann Gundert (1814-1893)
Published by C.Stolz, Mangalore - 1871

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Rev. Dr. Hermann Gundert (Stuttgart, 4 February 1814 – 25 April 1893 in Calw, Germany) ... Read More