Studies in Ancient Tamil Law and Society” is an anthology of essays by Padma Bhushan Dr. R Nagaswamy. It contains his original research in various fields and throws light on the socio-cultural landscape of Tamil Nadu spanning several centuries. These compelling episodes will appeal to scholars and laymen alike.
Padma Bhushan Dr. R. Nagaswamy was the first Director of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu; the first Vice-Chancellor of Kanchipuram University; and Advisor to the Government of India to the UNESCO project in documenting cultural property.
Ashish Iyer –
Remarkable collection of essays. This book’s strength lies in its ability to tell stories in easy tone while not losing its essence with exhaustive research and good writing. Nagaswamy is a fantastic writer without a doubt. It’s a fascinating account into the little-known history of the Tamil kingdoms.
The research and writing blew my mind, as I’ve come to expect from R. Nagaswamy’s work. Richly researched with referencing, this is a decent work of scholarship on an aspect of a period of ancient history. I came across many personalities whose names were unknown to me, but it was astonishing to get information about them. Book tell us what Tamil society was back then and what kind of laws were there and how justice was given. They had so much clarity. It shows is the stories of commoners. Thank you, writer, to bringing these facts in light.
R. Nagaswamy attempts to reveal the veracity behind some of the unknown tales from Indian Tamil history, which are otherwise unfortunately twisted and corrupted to represent what the ecosystem did to our history books.
I especially love when the writer added original Tamil script and black and white photos to give us better understanding. This book was published by Prekshaa. I love their books. Their books are trustable. Hope they published more such books. Do check out their website to read articles.