2200 year old tamil brahmi inscription discovered near madurai

by MaxEntropy_Man Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:42 pm

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article3220674.ece

by Kris Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:42 pm

That is a very interesting find indeed. It points to a significant presence of Jainism in the area in antiquity. Wonder what resulted in the roll back. I have heard that Shankara et al co-opted various aspects of the religion into Hinduism to marginalize the competition. Still, there must have been a sea change and re-conversions.

Secondly, I wonder what the post-tsunami investigations revealed about poompuhar. That could really set the historical clock back in terms of civilizations in the area.

by MaxEntropy_Man Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:04 pm

i don't think it was shankarA's efforts that spread hinduism through TN. that was the result of the bhakti movement spearheaded by the saiva nAyanmArs and the vaishnava AzhwArs. some of these folks lived through the same times as shankarA, and some others pre-dated them. sambandar for example is said to have lived in the 7th century, same as shankarA. so too thirnAvukkarasar (aka appar) who was in fact a jain and later converted to saivism because of his sister thilagavathi ammaiyAr. there are some who believe that the predominant religion in all of what is now known as thamizh nAdu was samaNam (jainism). that started changing in the 6th and 7th century due to the bhakti movement and the shift to hinduism occurred gradually over millenia. kalki writes about this in his magnum opus, ponniyin selvan.

by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:15 pm

there's some amazing archeological discoveries being made in TN right now it seems. now a stone inscription dating back to the reign of parAnthaka chOzhan the first.

this guy was the great grandfather of the famous rAja rAjan the first.

by Kayalvizhi Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:19 pm

We have to preserve these before Hindians destroy. Hindians are demolishing a 1000 year old Saivaite temple with inscriptions of Rajenra Cholan to build a highway with Hindi signs.

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