tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post3614869236312431757..comments2024-03-26T05:22:38.867-04:00Comments on Historic Alleys: The many mysteries behind a Tamil BellMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-23789432972546847212023-03-07T19:44:41.240-05:002023-03-07T19:44:41.240-05:00Hi Maddy,
Thanks for the great article. I had a l...Hi Maddy,<br /><br />Thanks for the great article. I had a look at the bell sometime back in the New Zealand Museum. Got impressed about it. When I searched for the details I came across your blog. It was great. The comment from Cato Elder looks something different.<br /><br />Can you please help to get his contact so that we can look for more information from him.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Saravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572277377939817638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-62740594215975995842022-06-14T11:33:01.057-04:002022-06-14T11:33:01.057-04:00A few corrections :
Tamil is not spoken in Goa so ...A few corrections :<br />Tamil is not spoken in Goa so the Portguese angle can be discounted.<br />MArakkars are indeed seafarers but they used dhows not ships requiring such a big bell.<br />The Tamil inscriptions contain word structures that are before the reforms of Veerama Munivar (Constance Beschi ~1500s) , therefore had to be pre 1500s.<br />Lastly Marakkars used Arwi (Arabic letters) to Cato Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163207928530385188noreply@blogger.com