Sunday 27 October 2019

Wednesday 23 October 2019

Index of History Essays வரலாற்று கட்டுரைகள்

Madras History
Madras, India's first modern city - Notes from S Muthiah's lecture
Madras and its American connections - notes from S Muthiah's lecture
Thomas Trautmann on Francis Whyte Ellis
The Thames and the Cooum - Rivers of London and Madras
Madras Time - an essay in South First

Indian History
A temple in a river island
A Dholavira surprise 
Rabindranath Tagore on the Grand Old Man of Tamil - U Ve Swaminatha Iyer
Puranagiri - the Tantrapitha
Keezhadi excavation - Notes from Amarnath Ramakrishnan lecture
Vaishali - a travelogue
Did Macaulay destroy Sanskrit - debunking a popular rumor
Babington's Gift - on the third Atiranachanda Inscription of Mamallapuram
Samrat Asoka - notes from a book release
History - Three perspectives
British abolition of Slavery in India - India's true Independence Day
The Asiatic Society of Bengal - Rediscovery of Asoka, Brahmi, and Indian history
A history of Pallava Grantha - the Sanskrit script of South India and South East Asia
A brief history of Kanchipuram
Is India secular? - Notes from Michel Danino's lecture

Essays in South First magazine
Venkayya - a brief biography of the man who rediscovered Rajaraja Chola
Manohar Devadoss - an obituary
Arittapatti - an ancient village near Madurai
A rare Tamil Translation : Badri Seshadri's Aryabhata 



World History
The Thames and the Cooum - Rivers of London and Madras
1493 The Colombian exchange - Notes from Charles Mann's lecture
Genghis Khan - and the making of the modern world

Timelines
Gujarat and Tamilnadu - timeline of ruling dynasties
Karnataka and Tamilnadu - timeline of ruling dynasties
Orissa and Tamilnadu - timeline of ruling dynasties
A Timeline of Sanskrit literature
A Timeline of Tamil Literature (தமிழ் இலக்கியம் - ஒரு கால அட்டவணை)

Nagaswamy - beyond borders

Dr R Nagaswamy : A Tribute (Essay in Madras Musings)

History of Science and Technology

Diseases in Retreat - the phenomenal medical feat of the 20th century
Turbines - Prime Movers of the 20th century
Darwin and his doctors - The bad health of the world's most famous biologist
What did Brahmagupta do? - Our ignorance of Indian science
A brief history of Indian mathematics - notes from a lecture by Manjul Bhargava
The origin of Modern Chemistry - Antoine Lavoisier
Alfred Russel Wallace - Darwin's admirer and rival
Emile Levassor - Architect of Cars

Economic History
A Lack of Economic Knowledge - Mario Vargos Lhosa's enlightenment
Ford Lenin Hitler and Chaplin

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