Chennai: About 28,000 egameages and documents relating to the Tamil inscription, some more than a century, will soon be transferred to Chennai from the Epigraphy Office of the Indian Archaeological Survey (ASI) in Mysore, Artefacts including a 10-meter inscription with an inscription from Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur.
Created at the end of the 19th century, this is one of the first estrampages in the country.
Estrampage is the process of getting inscriptions on copper and stone to inked paper.
The process began after the ASI epigraphy branch was founded in 1887.
Note will be preserved at Clive’s house in Fort St George in Chennai.
For this purpose, the office of the Superintending Deputy Epigraphy, the South Zone in Chennai, will be renamed the Office of Deputy Deputy Epigrafi (Tamil Inscription).
Former ASI Epigrafi S Rajavelu said Egampages was initially taken from Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, Pallava Monument in Mamallapuram, and a temple in the Vellore district in the late 1880s.
“It was done to preserve inscriptions because there is a possibility that this inscription on the monument may disappear over time.
The inscription was transcribed by epigrafi and maintained as a record by ASI,” he added, adding estretages must be maintained at a temperature of less than 21.
Celsius title.
Director of ASI (Administration) Ajay Yadav said, “We will work on modalities on how to transport notes to Chennai.” Keep in mind that the Division of the Division of the Madras and Kirubakanan and Justice M Duraiswamy in August has been directing ASI to move all Estampages and Tamil documents from the epigraphy circle in Mysuru to the Epigraphy branch in Chennai within six months and rename the Epigraphy branch in Chennai as Epigraphy (Tamil) branch.