Want to see how your name might look in Tamil-Brahmi or Vatteluttu? Here’s an app that can convert the present Tamil script into its ancient epigraphic counterparts of Tamil-Brahmi and Vatteluttu.

Artefacts found at the archaeological site in Keezhadi, about 12 km from Madurai in Tamil Nadu, have been dated to 580 BCE, with “graffiti marks” on them pointing to a possible continuity in script ...

President Pratibha Patil presented the 'Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award' to Professor Arko Parpola, Professor-Emeritus of Indology, Institute of World Cultures, University of Helsinki, ...

A team of engineers is attempting to re-imagine the script of one of the oldest-surviving classical languages in the world. iTamil, a project of city-based Karky Research Foundation, is an attempt to ...

CHENNAI: Marking the birth anniversary of noted epigraphist Iravatham Mahadevan, ‘Tamizhi’, a documentary film on evolution of Tamil script was screened at Roja Muthiah research library on Wednesday.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin replaced the rupee symbol with a Tamil script in the state budget amidst a controversy over 'Hindi imposition.' The rupee symbol was originally designed by Tamilian ...

A school in Karur is opening a doorway to ancient wisdom by teaching its students Tamizhi, one of the oldest scripts of the only surviving classical language in the country — Tamil. KARUR: A school in ...

Apart from harboring 780 languages, India is also home to a large number of scripts which have been lost while some are on the brink of extinction. One of the many almost forgotten ones is called ...

Announcing $1 million prize for deciphering the Indus script, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin lamented on Sunday that even a century after the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation, which has ...

A team of engineers is attempting to re-imagine the script of one of the oldest-surviving classical languages. iTamil, a project of city-based Karky Research Foundation, is an attempt to reform Tamil ...