Nimal Herath, an engineer by profession, has now written a book on ‘epigraphy’, the study of inscriptions. How he moved from engineering to archaeology, particularly to paleography, is a matter of ...

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

COIMBATORE: Learning a new language is not everybody’s cup of tea, let alone an old script such as the Tamil-Brahmi. But, for eight-year-old SJ Moshika, reading and writing the ancient form of Tamil ...

A Lost History: A consideration of historical writing in a quest to find the origins of the 500 BCE Brahmi script’ is an engrossing account that aims to prove that the Brahmi script in fact originated ...

A centrepiece of The Hindu Lit For Life, to be held on January 17 and 18 in Chennai, will be a workshop on ‘How to read and write Tamil-Brahmi and Vattelluttu scripts’. Conducted by award-winning and ...

The excavations at Keeladi, where scientific findings revealed the date of the Tamil Brahmi script to be 600BC, would have been expected to create an interest around the ancient script. But a menhir ...

Aditi Deo was putting together a module on lettering in March, which sent her down a rabbit hole. The illustrationist teaches calligraphy to adults and children, and mainly works with the Latin script ...