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Art and Culture of Tamilnadu
R. Nagaswamy
THE AUTHOR
R. Nagaswami (b.1930) took his Master's. Degree in Sanskrit Language and Literature from the Madras University. In 1975 he was awarded Doctorate Degree by the Poona University for his thesis “Tantric Cult in Tamil Nadu”.
Joining the Tamil Nadu Government as a Curator in the Madras Museum (1959) he was soon elevated as the first Director (1966) to head the newly formed Department. of Archaeology, which post he holds presently.
Dr. Nagaswami has been trained in the Field of Archaeology by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Widely travelled throught the world (he has visited UK, European countries, Malaysia, Singapore, USSR, etc.) Nagaswami is a prolific writer having dozen books and more than hundred articles to his credit.
He is a member of the ICOMOS and International Association of Tamil Research. He is also the Director of the Insitiute of Epigraphy, Madras and President of the Society for Archaeological, Historical and Epigraphical Research, Madras.
Nagaswami has specialized in Art, Archaeology, Tamil Ephigraphy, Numismatics, Ancient Law and Tamil Literature. His forthcoming books are Tamil Coinage and Tamil Palaeography