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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Iravatham Mahadevan canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Indologist
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civil servant ⓘ epigraphist ⓘ person ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Campbell Medal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay
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Kalaimamani NERFINISHED ⓘ Padma Shri ⓘ Tiru Vi Ka Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-10-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-11-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Loyola College, Chennai
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Madras Christian College NERFINISHED ⓘ Madras Law College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Government of India
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Indian Administrative Service NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hindu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tamil people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Mahadevan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Dravidian linguistics
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Indus script NERFINISHED ⓘ South Indian inscriptions ⓘ Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ |
| fullName | Iravatham Mahadevan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Iravatham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering work on the Indus script
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research on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions ⓘ study of South Indian inscriptions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Early Tamil Epigraphy
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The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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editor ⓘ epigraphist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
British India
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Madras Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiruchirapalli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Chennai
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India ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Chennai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
consulting editor at "The Hindu"
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editor of Tamil daily "Dinamani" ⓘ member of the Indian Administrative Service ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
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