CM M.Ok. Stalin handing over the copy of Oru Panpattin Payanam—Sindu Muthal Vaigai Varai to Minister Thangam Thennarasu. N. Ram, Director, The Hindu Publishing Group; T. Udhayachandran, Secretary I to the Chief Minister; R. Balakrishnan, the e-book’s creator; and Minister Ma. Subramanian are seen.
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Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin on Saturday mentioned Sangam literature, which spoke in regards to the greatness of Tamils, is now totally supported by archaeological proof.
“When leaders of the Dravidian Movement quoted Sangam poems on public platforms to highlight the greatness of Tamils, some rejected them saying they were just literary works and not history. Now we have archaeological evidence. Former IAS officer R. Balakrishnan has done great work,” Mr. Stalin mentioned, whereas releasing Mr. Balakrishnan’s e-book Journey of a Civilisation: Indus to Vaigai, translated into Tamil as Oru Panpattin Payanam—Sindu Muthal Vaigai Varai.
Recalling his demand that the historical past of the Indian sub-continent needs to be written from the Tamil land, Mr. Stalin mentioned it was the target of the Dravidian Model authorities, and Mr. Balakrishnan’s e-book had emerged as a pillar in help of the target.
He added that the archaeological excavations in seven locations and the findings had proved that the society of the Sangam interval and the city civilisation was actual and never a figment of creativeness.
Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu, who acquired the primary copy of the e-book, mentioned the strategy of Mr. Balakrishnan was totally different within the sense that he had utilized the literary proof accessible in Sangam literature to the proof discovered within the Indus Valley civilisation. “He has traced the roots of words. When there was a reference to Aruppukottai during our conversation, he said Aruppu itself is a kottai (fort).”
N. Ram, Director, The Hindu Publishing Group, mentioned Mr. Balakrishnan had established with proof that “Dravidian is really at the core of Indus Valley civilisation.”
“Onomastics, the science of names, is his special field. He has well established that the Harappan Civilisation that travelled to the South is Dravidian in all its features,” he added.
T. Udhayachandran, Secretary I to the Chief Minister mentioned, “Tamils shared a common wavelength” and reacted at any time when Tamil tradition was beneath assault.
He recalled how a retired college headmaster Balasubramaniam in Keeladi and Manickam, a local of Sivakalai, had tirelessly pursued a examine of archaeological proof present in these areas and introduced them to the federal government’s consideration, regardless of being unusual residents.
“The first question the surgeon who operated on my father asked, after the surgical procedure, was whether the government would take steps to prevent removal of Tamils’ inscriptions from Thanjavur big temple,” he mentioned.
Subroto Bagchi, Chairman, Odisha Skill Development Authority; anthropologist Bhaktavatsala Bharathi; Sundar Ganesan, director, Roja Muthaiah Research Library (RMRL) participated. Mr. Balakrishnan made an acceptance speech and A.S. Pannerselvan, fellow and curator of books at RMRL, proposed a vote of thanks.
