Earth is clingy when it comes to copper. Nature conspires at scales both large and small -- from the realms of tectonic plates down to molecular bonds -- to keep most of Earth's copper buried dozens ...

Rajendra Chola I, the illustrious son of Raja Raja Chola I, expanded the frontiers of the Chola empire beyond the Indian subcontinent. Not only military conquests across South and Southeast Asia but ...

Maharishi Yagnyavalkya, in his smruthi, advises a just ruler to accumulate wealth through dharmic means and also spend a part of it on charity to the worthy. The successive chapters of the smruthi ...

An exhibition of copper plate grants issued during various south Indian dynasties was inaugurated at the Centenary Exhibition Hall of Government Museum, Egmore, on Wednesday. A collection of 17 copper ...

More than a hundred rare copper plate manuscripts of an explication of the hymn ‘Thevaram’, written by Thirugnanasambanthar, one of the three saint poets, have been unearthed near the Sattanathar ...

A copper plate of the 18th century Nayak period which talks about the 'watch-and-ward' system that was prevalent at the time has been found from a villager in Karisalpatti in Karumathur, 25km from ...

GUNTUR: A historical discovery has come to light as a direct result of public awareness efforts by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) regarding the importance of preserving inscriptions. A ...