A path-breaking discovery has revealed close trade and cultural links between ancient Tamilagam and the Roman world. Nearly 30 inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi,  Prakrit  and Sanskrit have been identified inside tombs in  Egypt ’s Valley of the Kings, dating be…

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1914, World War - I begins June 28 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo. July 28 - Austria-Hungary declares w…

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