Iravatham Mahadevan

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Iravatham Mahadevan was an Indian epigraphist and scholar renowned for his pioneering work on the Indus script and South Indian inscriptions.

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Iravatham Mahadevan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indologist ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
epigraphist ⓘ
person ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
awardReceived Campbell Medal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay ⓘ
Kalaimamani ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
Tiru Vi Ka Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-10-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-11-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Loyola College, Chennai ⓘ
Madras Christian College ⓘ
Madras Law College ⓘ
employer Government of India ⓘ
Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
The Hindu ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tamil people ⓘ
familyName Mahadevan ⓘ
fieldOfWork Dravidian linguistics ⓘ
Indus script ⓘ
South Indian inscriptions ⓘ
Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions ⓘ
linked to: Tamil-Brahmi script

epigraphy ⓘ
fullName Iravatham Mahadevan ⓘ
givenName Iravatham ⓘ
knownFor pioneering work on the Indus script ⓘ
research on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions ⓘ
study of South Indian inscriptions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
nativeLanguage Tamil ⓘ
notableWork Early Tamil Epigraphy ⓘ
The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables ⓘ
linked to: Indus script
occupation civil servant ⓘ
editor ⓘ
epigraphist ⓘ
placeOfBirth British India ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
Tiruchirapalli ⓘ
linked to: Tiruchirappalli
placeOfDeath Chennai ⓘ
India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
placeOfResidence Chennai ⓘ
positionHeld consulting editor at "The Hindu" ⓘ
editor of Tamil daily "Dinamani" ⓘ
member of the Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ

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Indus script → notableResearcher → Iravatham Mahadevan ⓘ
Iravatham Mahadevan → fullName → Iravatham Mahadevan ⓘ