Venu62

Venu62 en-4 This user can contribute with a near-native level of English. ta இந்தப் பயனரின் தாய்மொழி தமிழ் ஆகும். This user is an Indian Australian This user comes from Australia. This user is a participant in the WikiProject Indian history.

About me

I'm an Indian Australian living in Sydney. My interests are Ancient History and Science Fantasy. I have a PhD in Physics, but I don't work in the academic field. My main goal is to contribute to articles relating to ancient Tamil kingdoms of Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras, taking care to being objective.

Projects

I've been contributing to articles in a couple of different topics:

• Indian cuisine
• Cholas
• Tamil Literature

Pages I've created/edited

I have been editing pages concerning South Indian Kingdoms and about South Indian Culture

Cholas and the South Indian Kingdoms

Cholas Legendary Early Chola Kings Tamil Copper-plate inscriptions Shibi Kalabhras Mahipala Sibi Jataka Eastern Chalukyas Pandyas Thanjavur Nayaks Telugu Cholas Chola Art Chola Government Chola Military Early Cholas Medieval Cholas Chalukya Cholas Chalukyas

Karikala Chola Kocengannan Nedunkilli Nalankilli Killivalavan Perunarkilli Vijayalaya Chola Aditya I Parantaka I Gandaraditya Arinjaya Parantaka Chola II Uttama Chola Rajaraja Chola

Rajendra Chola I Rajadhiraja Chola I Rajendra Chola II Virarajendra Chola Athirajendra Chola Kulothunga Chola I Kulothunga Chola II Rajaraja Chola II Rajadiraja Chola II Kulothunga Chola III Rajaraja Chola III Vikrama Chola

I intend contibuting to the following pages in the near future:

Other South Indian Kingdoms Chalukya bio pages Western Chalukyas Cheras Vijayanagar

Tamil Literature

Ponniyin Selvan Kalki Krishnamurthy Cilappatikaram Sangam Sangam Literature

U.V.Swaminatha Iyer

My Edits on the Sangam article was reverted by Mel Etitis. You can view my version of the article here : Talk:Sangam/Venus62_version.

Indian Cuisine

Aavakaaya Indian Pickle Hyderabad Biryani

Missing Articles Project

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles

Awards

Sundar has awarded me a Barnstar for my above contributions. Hopefully I will get some more awards.

Venu62 09:57, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

A barnstar in appreciation of your contributions to Cholas and Sangam. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 06:19, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

A barnstar in appreciation of your complete rewrite of "Pandyan kingdom". -- Sundar \talk \contribs 08:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

The Epic Barnstar I congratulate you for your remarkable efforts in preparing the Chola dynasty for FAC. Rama's Arrow 05:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)