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This refers to the excavation of a broken storage jar with inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi script at Quseir-al-Qadim in Egypt. Paanai Ori or Uri (as it is called in Malayalam) was a common kitchen utensil used in Kerala too. Uri was used for storing milk and milk products, leftover food items including fish.

Even today, the sport uriyadi (breaking the pot suspended from a height) is played in many parts of India, especially during Janmashtami.

K.R. Sudhakaran Pillai,

Kochi

There are dances in Egypt that are similar to the poikkal kudirai (dummy horse) dance of Tamil Nadu. The monuments of Luxor and Aswan and the Pharonic temples bear a lot of similarities to Indian temples.

B.S. Mubarak,

Dubai

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