Hearty Congratulations to all whose efforts made this possible. A wonderful start to what will hopefully be a joyous journey of discovery and learning. I only wish I had been able to contribute in some small way. Would it be ok, if I could come up with a more elaborate write-up on Raja-Raja Chozhan?
Dear Arun and All We do welcome articles from all of you as for as for RRC I have chnaaged the complete write up which Vijay will upload over this weekend have a look and do your write up
I was told that in olden days our temples used to be the center of most social acitivies of the local populace.Likewise I wish our site could be the corner stone of all activities related to sub- continental history which my generation has been denied thus far.
Recording history in a written form was something the Indian civilisation picked up very late.Come to think of it! We rely on Chinese pilgrims notes to know more about Asoka,Harsha et all.
The same Chinese who were enriched by Indian influence over them for centuries!
Raja Raja, in my opinion, changed it all so dramatically while attempts by Asoka,Samudra and other great kings did not really succeed to the desired extent.The inscriptions of Asoka are more like dictates to his subjects and officers while a few inscriptions of Guptas are records of conquests and contributions to temples.
I hope we come out with more products from the group, a CD on Big Temple for instance.It would be a fitting tribute to the Cholas if we could release the CD and the grand Cholatemples.com,thebigtemple.com sites for the next Sadhayam.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep