CHENNAI: In a discovery that reinforces the footprint of ancient Tamil civilisation across the globe, around 30 inscriptions, ...

The inscriptions show that people from different parts of India interacted with Greeks and Egyptians in Egypt in the 1st-3rd centuries AD ...

Until now, historians knew of Tamil traders reaching Egyptian ports such as Berenike along the Red Sea. However, these newly studied inscriptions indicate that merchants did not merely dock, trade, ...

Recent archaeological findings, by professors Ingo Strauch, Charlotte Schubert, reignited curiosity about ancient transcontinental networks.

A Tamil trader's name, Cikai Korran, has been found inside ancient Egyptian tombs. This discovery proves that ancient trade ...

In Egypt researchers have found 2,000 year old Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions inside the royal tombs of the valley of the Kings. The researchers noted that one of the inscription specifically reads 'Cikai ...

In a 2023 paper, Professor Ingo Strauch argued that graffiti should be considered a genre of Indian epigraphy using a ...

A new finding has lights on the ancient trade links between Tamilagam and other parts of India and the Roman Empire, identifying 30 inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi, Prakrit and Sanskrit at the tombs ...

Thiruvalluvar, revered by Tamils as an ancient saint, poet, and philosopher, has often been invoked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders. But who is Thiruvalluvar, and what are the key ...

The linguistic diversity suggests that people from different parts of the Indian subcontinent travelled to Egypt between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, likely for trade in spices and other valuable ...