By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Recently, I was invited to attend a music concert at Veene Seshanna Bhavan in city. The invitation came from Neeraja Achyuta Rao. The concert was really wonderful and everybody including myself enjoyed it. This concert was arranged in the…
What Kautilya says about juvenile crimes?
November 30, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore We are all concerned about juvenile crimes. But many organisations that want to save juveniles from taking the crime path are helpless because this problem is so huge and spread all over the world. The Police have to make…
Musings on Madurai Meenakshi Temple
November 9, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy About fifteen years ago, I was invited to attend a national seminar and present a paper. As Madurai was far away and involved long distance travel, I was reluctant to go to Madurai. However, as I had not seen the famous Meenakshi temple, I went to Madurai. Having gone there…
Saint Nijaguna Shivayogi
September 15, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore From time immemorial our country is famous for Saints of various religious denominations. To them these denominations did not matter because they were all speaking the same language incorporating the good of the society, which is generally known by…
Rajapurohit, Galaganatha Awards presented
August 26, 2019Expert Committee formed to develop Kannada software: Dr. Manu Baligar Mysuru: Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy (AVN), former Head, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore (UoM), was conferred the prestigious Na. Sri. Rajapurohit Award (2018) while Dr. B.L. Venu, renowned novelist and cinema script writer, was conferred Galaganatha Award at a programme jointly…
Anecdotes on Mahatma
August 24, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore August 15, 1947 is a red letter day to us Indians because India got political independence from the British on that day. The first Prime Minister of Independent India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru lowered down the British flag and hoisted…
Bring out book on Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar’s contributions: Prof. AVN
July 17, 2019Mysuru: “The youths of today must know about the great contributions of the last ruler of Mysore Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, the multi-faceted scholar in various fields and hence it is very important to bring out a book,” said Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy (AVN), Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mysuru Kendra and former Head, Department of…
Rudrapatna Shamasastry and Oriental Research Library
June 30, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Rudrapatna Shamasastry, who discovered the palm leaf manuscript of Kautilya’s Arthashastra became a celebrity all over the world overnight. Perhaps this has no parallel in the history of literature in any of the languages known to us. Rudrapatnam has…
Ambassador Nazareth, a true Gandhian
June 23, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Recently we were invited to attend an international convocation in Mysuru city. The graduating students were mostly from universities abroad. They, wearing conventional gowns and hoods, were full of joy as it was a red-letter day in their lives….
Looking at elections in historical perspective
June 8, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore In ancient times, election was a divine affair particularly in theology which meant chosen by God. Thus it was a selection by the clergy who represented God. In Latin, it was ligerilect which meant pick. In ancient times, a…
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