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Tamil Language Award for Finnish Indologist
Chennai, Apr 3 Finnish
Indologist Asko Parpola, Professor Emeritus of
Indology and South Asian Studies in Helsinki
University, has been selected for the Kalaignar
M Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Language Award for
2009. The award has been instituted by the
Central Institute of Classical Tamil Language
from Rs one crore donated by Chief Minister M
Karunanidhi to create an endowment to award
Tamil scholars.
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The prize would carry a purse of Rs 10
lakh, a citation and a shield and would be presented to
Parpola at the Classical World Tamil Conference in
Coimbatore in June, an official statement said today.
Parpola specializes in the Indus script and has made
significant contributions in the field of deciphering
it.
