[INDOLOGY] Leiden Cola plates

[Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan]

This is indeed a very important event, but I wish the plates would find permanent placement in Chennai museum, where it will be more accessible to Tamil historians and epigraphists. 

 

Regards,

Palaniappan

 

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Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Subject: [INDOLOGY] Leiden Cola plates

 

Dear colleagues,

 

I imagine some of you will be interested in this news about the restitution of the Leiden Cola plates to India:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026/05/leiden-university-to-return-chola-plates-to-india

 

Best wishes,

Peter Bisschop

 

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