11-07-2003, 02:41 AM
The academic field of Dravidian linguistics, opened by Robert
Caldwell in 1856, reached a watershed in 1961 with the publication of
A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by Thomas Burrow and Murray B.
Emeneau.
Is this not interesting that the publication of a dravidian langauage speciality book came in 1961 just when the dravidian movement for separatism was at the peak even though research was started in 1856.
Caldwell in 1856, reached a watershed in 1961 with the publication of
A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by Thomas Burrow and Murray B.
Emeneau.
Is this not interesting that the publication of a dravidian langauage speciality book came in 1961 just when the dravidian movement for separatism was at the peak even though research was started in 1856.