Comments on: Today in 1819: Sir Raffles Finds Simha Pura http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/today_in_1819_s/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AB http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/today_in_1819_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46265 AB Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:45:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2964#comment-46265 <p>Nice work! I stand corrected, of course it's on Indian currency.</p> <p>Another one by the way - <a href="http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/mauritius/MauritiusPNew-50Rupees-2003-donatedoy_f.jpg"> Mauritius </a></p> Nice work! I stand corrected, of course it’s on Indian currency.

Another one by the way – Mauritius

]]> By: dhaavak http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/today_in_1819_s/comment-page-1/#comment-45507 dhaavak Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:30:48 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2964#comment-45507 <p>and just because i like to thread the soliloquys out there... here's a snap from <a href="http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/singapore/SingaporePNew-50Dollars-(2004)-donatedfvt_f.jpg">Singapura</a> and ... <a href="http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/sri_lanka/SriLankaP98-50Rupees-1990-donatedTDS_f.jpg">sri lanka</a>. So that's three countries now with tamil on their currency... eh mon frere.</p> and just because i like to thread the soliloquys out there… here’s a snap from Singapura and … sri lanka. So that’s three countries now with tamil on their currency… eh mon frere.

]]> By: dhaavak http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/today_in_1819_s/comment-page-1/#comment-45505 dhaavak Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:11:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2964#comment-45505 <blockquote>In Tamil, singam is tiger and puram is city. Trade between the tamil Chola empire and the Malay peninsula is well documented, and Singapore has a huge Tamil population. The Singapore dollar to this day features Tamil script, perhaps the only currency to do so.</blockquote> <p>forsooth... your uncles and aunties shed blood to get rights for tamil in india... the least you can do silly willie, is give the indian republic its due... i'm looking at the Rs 100 note and on the left is the pledged amount, written in fifteen indian languages ... and third from the bottom is (rund x rund x anj x anj) rupaiya... in Tamil... well.. let's see what we can dig up online. Voila! <a href="http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/india/IndiaP93-500Rupees-2000-LetterA-donatedrrg_b.jpg"> A pixure </a> is worth a (rund x anj)^(moonh) words...</p> In Tamil, singam is tiger and puram is city. Trade between the tamil Chola empire and the Malay peninsula is well documented, and Singapore has a huge Tamil population. The Singapore dollar to this day features Tamil script, perhaps the only currency to do so.

forsooth… your uncles and aunties shed blood to get rights for tamil in india… the least you can do silly willie, is give the indian republic its due… i’m looking at the Rs 100 note and on the left is the pledged amount, written in fifteen indian languages … and third from the bottom is (rund x rund x anj x anj) rupaiya… in Tamil… well.. let’s see what we can dig up online. Voila! A pixure is worth a (rund x anj)^(moonh) words…

]]> By: AB http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/today_in_1819_s/comment-page-1/#comment-45500 AB Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:12:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2964#comment-45500 <p>In Tamil, singam is tiger and puram is city. Trade between the tamil Chola empire and the Malay peninsula is well documented, and Singapore has a huge Tamil population. The Singapore dollar to this day features Tamil script, perhaps the only currency to do so.</p> In Tamil, singam is tiger and puram is city. Trade between the tamil Chola empire and the Malay peninsula is well documented, and Singapore has a huge Tamil population. The Singapore dollar to this day features Tamil script, perhaps the only currency to do so.

]]> By: Saheli http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/today_in_1819_s/comment-page-1/#comment-44970 Saheli Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:50:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2964#comment-44970 <p>Is anyone else deeply amused by the fact that this guy is named Sir RAFFLES? He sounds like a character out of 12th Night.</p> Is anyone else deeply amused by the fact that this guy is named Sir RAFFLES? He sounds like a character out of 12th Night.

]]> By: RS http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/today_in_1819_s/comment-page-1/#comment-44944 RS Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:32:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2964#comment-44944 <p>damn! now that you've mentioned it, the etymology just seems so obvious. funny how i never made the connection, there being so many "---pore"s in india.</p> damn! now that you’ve mentioned it, the etymology just seems so obvious. funny how i never made the connection, there being so many “—pore”s in india.

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