About K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar
Lived 1875 – 1969 (aged 93–94). K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar was an Indian epigrapher and historian.
Kanthadai Vaidya Subrahmanya Aiyar (1875 – 7 November 1969) was a Tamil epigraphist and historian. He is considered to be the first person to conclusively decipher the cave inscriptions of Tamil Nadu as a form of Tamil-Brahmi.
Early life
Subrahmanya Aiyar was born in Avinashi Tirupur in 1875 and was educated in Trichinopoly. On completion of his education, Aiyar obtained a job at the Coimbatore Collectorate in Ootacamund where his abilities were recognised by Chief Epigraphist V. Venkayya who in 1906, inducted him into his team.
Career
Subrahmanya Aiyar worked as a government epigraphist from 1906 to 1932. He edited South Indian Inscriptions Volumes VI, VII and VIII and wrote for the Epigraphia Indica. In 1938, he published a monumental 3-volume work Historical Sketches of Ancient Deccan.
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Tamil epigraphist and historian
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K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar was born in 1875.
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K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar died in 1969.
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K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar was an epigrapher and historian.
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