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                                               Thiruvalluvar on Management Dr. R. Prabhakaran Introduction The colossal pyramids of Egypt were built about 5,000 years ago. Around the same time, the Indus Valley Civilization (Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa) developed a sophisticated town-planning system. Most of the houses there were very spacious and two-storied. There were well-built granaries, citadels, burial grounds, and public baths. Parts of the Great Wall of China were completed during the 7 th century BC. D uring the second half of the 5th century BC, the Parthenon and other famous buildings of Greece were built. The oldest operational dam in the world, Lake Homs Dam, located in Syria, was built between 1,319 BC and 1,304 BC. The Kallanai Dam (also known as Grand Anicut), located on the Kaveri River in Tamil Nadu, India, was built by Karikal Chozhan of the Cho...

                        Valluvar and Periyar, the Two Rationalists of Tamil Nadu   Dr. R. Prabhakaran      Bel Air, USA   Abstract: There have been many sages, saints, and philosophers in various parts of the world in the past. Most of them had their own superstitious ideas. They were more concerned about life after death rather than life on earth. They did not believe in the equality of people. About two thousand years ago, there was a philosopher by the name of Thiruvalluvar in Tamil Nadu who wrote the book called Thirukkural. About a thousand years before him, Aryans have migrated to Tamil Nadu, and during his days, their influence was slowly on the rise. Thiruvalluvar wrote his book to condemn the Aryan view of life and their superstitious beliefs. About 1,910 years after Thiruvalluvar, Periyar was born. During Periyar’s days, the Ariyan influence over the Tamil people had become mo...