Skip to content

Iravatham Mahadevan Quotes

1930–2018 India

Iravatham Mahadevan (2 October 1930 – 26 November 2018) was an Indian epigraphist and civil servant, known for his decipherment of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and for his expertise on the epigraphy of the Indus Valley civilisation.

India
Academics
Civil servants

Random Iravatham Mahadevan quote

2 quotes

Lal or no Lal, the pillar bases built into the mosque walls are there for all to see.

The sequence ensures that the text on the neolithic tool found in Tamil Nadu is not only in the Indus script but also in the Harappan language. I may add this is the archeological discovery of the century in Tamil Nadu.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Iravatham Mahadevan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.