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15th July 2013, 05:43 PM | #1 | |
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16th July 2013, 03:31 AM | #2 | |
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Hello Nidhi... Haygeidhiriya... My apologies if my horrendous rendering of Kannada (Englada? Karnanglish? ) is illegible. The next time I'm in B'lore, I'll make the trip south... maybe we can horsetrade a piece or two. And I'll have a PM off to you shortly. |
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17th July 2013, 06:09 AM | #3 |
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Come on friends....
Jens, I agree wholeheartedly with your effort to help the owner of the Ayda Katthi. Thank you for directing me to the piece. I liked the piece especially on account of the date.
Chris, I am sure Jens and all on the forum appreciate your efforts to help. Your clue that the text is Malayalam obviously got Jens to contact me. He remembered that I can read the language. So let us all keep the forum moving forward together. Cheers, Nidhi |
17th July 2013, 04:54 PM | #4 |
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Hi Nidhi,
Your sentiments are well-placed and warmly aprpeciated, but to be honest, it is a non-issue AFAIAC, and I'm sure Jens feels the same way. You'll see in my rather lengthy PM I didn't bother mentioning it even once. Hardly more than a miniscule 'blip' on the radar of the forum, or even of the thread for that matter, and IMO not worth further discussion. Anyway, back to the adya katthi - this is the first I've seen (which admittedly isn't saying a whole lot) with any inscription. It would be interesting to know what the earliest known (dated) inscription is on a South Indian blade, adya katti or otherwise... |
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