V Selvakumar

Dr. V.Selvakumar is a prominent archaeologist, researcher and a teacher. He completed Ph.D. from Deccan College Post- Graduate Research Institute, Pune in 1997 and completed ICHR funded Post-Doctoral Research in the same institution in 2000. He was working as a lecturer at the Centre for Heritage Studies, Tripunithura, Kerala from 2003 to 2007. From 2007 he is working as a faculty member at Department of Epigraphy, Tamil University, Thanjavur. He has published a book titled ‘Tamil Cultural connections’ in the year 2000 and has edited many other books. He has published several research / seminar papers and delivered lectures in various regional, national and International academic platforms and events.

MuchiRi (MusiRi) in Ancient Tamil Texts and Tamil Tradition

2021-09-25T20:43:42+05:30

In the Early Historic (Sangam Age) Tamil country (comprising modern Tamil Nadu and Kerala), numerous developments, including the composition of Tamil texts and the emergence of port towns along the coast . The Early Historic period is placed between third century BCE and third century CE. MuchiRi or MusiRi was an Early Historic port town on the Kerala coast of India, and the town was under the control of the Chera vEntars (a political power) .