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 ...

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 findings, which confirm that ancient Tamil traders travelled deep into the Egyptian interior for exploration and tourism, were presented by Swiss scholar Professor Ingo Strauch on the inaugural ...

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 ...

Two senior Congress leaders have questioned Tamil Nadu's ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam over delayed seat-share talks before the Assembly election likely in April. Lok Sabha MPs Manickam Tagore and ...

CHENNAI: The DMK govt on Friday sprang a surprise by crediting Rs 5,000 each into the bank accounts of 1.31 crore beneficiaries of the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam. Chief minister M K Stalin ...

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 ...

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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday (February 13, 2026) announced a major bonanza for women in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, crediting ₹5,000 each to the bank accounts of 1.31 crore women family heads who ...

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Among the inscriptions found in six rock-cut tombs, 20 are in Tamili and the remaining 10 are in Sanskrit and Prakrit, implying that people from several regions of the Indian subcontinent were ...