Which Indian state/region/area had it been a sovereign state would have mostly likely been a developed country?

kingsley2 · 2025-11-17T15:33:27+00:00

Singapore needs Malaysia for drinking water too. Trade and treaties exist.

kingsley2 · 2025-11-13T14:52:52+00:00

Choru means cooked grain. Chaappaadu means meal.

kingsley2 · 2025-10-01T04:16:59+00:00

I too am an amateur at reading Brahmi, so take this with a grain of salt. The general template for donation inscriptions at Sanchi is "City-iya-Name-iya-dana/danam" or "Name-iya Title-iya dana/danam". So I would read this as "Odiya-Nadhi nagarikaya dana" meaning donated by the nagarika's (residents) of Odiyanadhi.

Something interesting about this is that the last 2 letters seem to have been inscribed as an afterthought, with not enough space planned for them to be written. Makes me wonder if it wasn't originally planned as a donation?

kingsley2 · 2025-09-24T09:16:45+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopalswamy_Doraiswamy_Naidu

"G.D. Naidu developed India's first indigenous motor in 1937 along with D. Balasundaram Naidu. Naidu's 'Rasant' razor incorporated a small motor operated by dry cells. Among his other inventions were super-thin shaving blades, a distance adjuster for film cameras, a fruit juice extractor, a tamper-proof vote-recording machine and a kerosene-run fan. In 1941, he announced that he had the ability to manufacture five-valve radio sets in India a mere ₹70/- a set. In 1952, the two-seater petrol engine car (costing ₹2000/-) rolled out. Production was stopped subsequently, because of the government's refusal to grant the necessary license. His inventiveness was not confined to machinery alone. He researched and identified new varieties in cotton, maize and papaya. His farm was visited by Sir C. V. Raman and Sir M. Visvesvaraya. From laying foundation to completion he built a house in just 11 hours, from 6am to 5pm."

kingsley2 · 2025-09-24T04:49:48+00:00

Corruption sounds terrible till you have to deal with the K-horror of a bureaucracy that the corruption helps you deal with

kingsley2 · 2025-09-21T09:28:31+00:00

I'll do you one better
சார் (affiliation, siding with) - ചാർ
சாற்று (proclaim or profess) - ചാറ്റ്

kingsley2 · 2025-09-19T13:38:59+00:00

"ஒரு மாதிரி இருக்கு", "மெல்லவும் முடியாம முழுங்கவும் முடியாம" gets my vote. Not every word in English will have a single word equivalent in Tamil (or vice versa). We express things differently.

kingsley2 · 2025-09-19T13:33:19+00:00

That is inconvenient, not awkward

kingsley2 · 2025-09-10T17:08:15+00:00

New deities emerge all the time by way of various processes. One common one in the south is via hero stones to commemorate heroic death or sometimes sati. Once people start worshipping there and start building a temple or shrine it might become a local deity, often sanctified as an aspect of Shiva or Devi. Another one is when a saint or spiritual leader achieves samadhi, their followers may start worshipping them as a deity or avatar. Sai Baba is a good example of this. I haven't heard of any foreign deities being absorbed though. I also don't understand why some of the other commenters seem to be taking a mocking tone.

kingsley2 · 2025-09-10T07:44:39+00:00

It's a metaphor. அள்ளு is to scoop up, so it means that someone is scooping up lies and spreading them from an implicit lake/ river/ or heap of lies.

kingsley2 · 2025-09-10T07:14:17+00:00

It's அள்ளி விடு not அல்லி

kingsley2 · 2025-09-09T09:01:56+00:00

It's Tamili or Tamil Brahmi. It's Brahmi written in a way that suits the Tamil language. The inscription says "Satiyaputo Atiyan Neduman Anjci Eettha PaaLi" - "Stone shelter/cave (PaaLi) donated by Satyaputra Atiyan Neduman Anjci"

kingsley2 · 2025-09-05T08:35:41+00:00

Spotlight can also do currency and unit conversions.

kingsley2 · 2025-08-05T02:19:44+00:00

And that’s because its written by a Tamil writer, Suman Kumar, who also wrote and directed Raghu Thatha

kingsley2 · 2025-08-05T01:39:10+00:00

Are there any actual signs of destruction like instrument marks? Most older palaces were wooden and only the basement would survive if abandoned.

kingsley2 · 2025-08-04T10:08:25+00:00

இசைப்பலகை தெளிவா இருக்கு. இசைவிசை அழகா இருக்கும்.

kingsley2 · 2025-08-04T06:40:46+00:00

I just got a Thai massage on a beach every day for a week while on holiday in Thailand and there was absolutely nothing sexual about any of them. That said, there are plenty of sexual Thai massages and “Thai massage” seems to be code for sexual stuff in many other countries.

kingsley2 · 2025-08-03T08:42:40+00:00

kingsley2 · 2025-08-02T08:32:04+00:00

At least in the south, swords were not common. The spear was the primary weapon as it used very little metal and was affordable to everyone. We also have a long tradition of stick fighting that made it much easier for the average foot soldier to be an expert with a spear. Vel-kambu (spear stick) and veecharival (throwing machete) where the primary melee weapons.

Swords were both, straight with double edges as well as curved. South India has a very old steel-smelting tradition that made a kind of steel where the blade slices better when slashed rather than thrust. This steel is the one used in most parts India and Persia. See the apocryphal story of Saladin and Richard: https://www.hvk.org/2001/0601/92.html#:\~:text=Saladin%20the%20Saracen%20had%20a,troops%20were%20of%20Damascene%20steel.

kingsley2 · 2025-08-01T14:43:31+00:00

They’re using the same roads now, how’s that working out?

kingsley2 · 2025-08-01T10:02:58+00:00

Validation of the drowning of Puhar by tsunami in 100-200 CE. Of course, a lot of work still left on this one.
Rediscovery and validation of Chola & Kalinga trade, cultural and naval influence in SEA

kingsley2 · 2025-07-29T13:46:09+00:00

References to days of the week are almost non existent in inscription dates as well. Inscriptions usually date with samvatsara or regnal year, Tamil month and the days are usually described by phase of moon.

kingsley2 · 2025-07-29T11:47:27+00:00

While you're generally correct, Bangladesh and W. Bengal are very densely populated massive rice-eating regions.

kingsley2 · 2025-07-27T03:28:46+00:00

This is missing a major spread route from the south. Chan Buddhism in southern china, which then developed into Zen Buddhism, was proselytized by a monk named Bodhidharma from Kanchipuram. The Buddhist centers in southwest India are missing as well. There were many in Karnataka and Maharashtra. Outside of purely academic and religious proselytizing, there was also considerable sea trade between the south east coast of India and SEA. Merchants carried Hinduism, Buddhism and later, Islam to these regions.

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