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Lecture on Brahmi inscriptions in South India
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Sensational discoveries made in Jaffna
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Chennai:
The Government Museum, Archaeological Survey of India and the Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission, Chennai on Friday organised a special lecture on `State Formation and Multiculturalism: Gleanings from Brahmi Inscriptions of South India and Sri Lanka,' by Prof. S. Pathmanathan, Professor of History, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka on Friday.
He said studying terminologies such as `State,' and `Urbanisation' provided interesting information.
The area of study for the talk was gleaned from archaeological sources of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.
In Sri Lanka, the Brahmi inscriptions, without exclusion, had a Buddhist content, he said. In Tamil Nadu, the inscriptions often related to the Jain monks.
Mesolithic people
He said the chronicles of Sri Lanka revealed that the Mesolithic people, who lived several centuries earlier in the island, were not subsequently found in the Jaffna peninsula as there were no rivers, but were found in other parts of the island.
He pointed out that in the last 25 years, sensational discoveries were made in the Jaffna peninsula, including a megalithic burial.
Sumith Nakandala, Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in South India, participated.
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