Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

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*ADYAR TAMIL SANGAM

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*Cordially invites you and your friends for the lecture
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*Prof. S.Swaminathan (I.I.T., New Delhi (Retd)) *

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*Date: 24/03/2012 Time: 5-30 p.m. *

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*Venue: Youth Hostel (Annexe Building), Second Avenue, Indira
Nagar,Chennai-600020*

* Landmark: Near Indira Nagar Water Tank *

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*Subject : History of scripts - Understanding Cuneiform - Script of
Ancient Sumeria *

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*This is the second talk in the Lecture Series on: "The History of World
Ancient Languages Scripts" *

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*Cuneiform writing of Sumeria is the oldest writing known and it is more
than 5000 years old. Nature pushed them to use a stylus to make
impression on wet clay and then this is another instance of the creativity
of the Sumerians. The script came to be adopted for quite a few languages
in the region. Not only the script is fascinating, but also its
decipherment. The talk will focus on the peculiar system of writing and on
the tool and medium, the pioneering work in deciphering the script and
glimpses from its literature. *

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*Your presence is
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*PROF. A.A.MANAVALAN PROF.M.S.RABI
SINGH P.KRISHNAOOORTHY *

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