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Iravatham Mahadevan
Iravatham Mahadevan
Born	2 October 1930; Tanjore, Madras Presidency, British India; (now Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	26 November 2018 (aged 88); Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Civil servant

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Iravatham Mahadevan (2 October 1930 – 26 November 2018)^[1] was an Indian epigraphist and civil servant, known for his decipherment of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and for his expertise on the epigraphy of the Indus Valley civilisation.^[2]

Early life

Iravatham Mahadevan was born on 2 October 1930 in a Tamil Brahmin family of Thanjavur district in British India.^[3] Mahadevan had his schooling in the town of Tiruchirapalli and graduated in Chemistry from the Vivekananda College, Chennai and law from the Madras Law College. Mahadevan successfully passed the Indian Administrative Service examinations held in 1953 and was allotted to the Tamil Nadu cadre.^[3]^[4]

Civil service

Mahadevan worked as an Assistant Collector in Coimbatore district and Sub-Collector at Pollachi.^[3] In 1958, Mahadevan was transferred to Delhi as Assistant Financial Adviser in India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry serving from 1958 to 1961.^[3] In 1961, Mahadevan was posted to Madras as Deputy Secretary in Government of Tamil Nadu's Industries Department and served as Director of Handlooms and Textiles Department from 1962 to 1966.^[3] Mahadevan voluntarily retired from the civil service in 1980.^[3]

Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions

According to an interview given to an e-journal Varalaaru, Mahadevan revealed that he started researching the Tamil-Brahmi script following a casual suggestion by Indian historian K. A. Nilakanta Sastri during a meeting in 1961.

There are several caves in Tamil Nadu with inscriptions in the Brahmi script. K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar says they are in Tamil. It is an unsolved problem. Can you give it a shot?^[3]

Earlier, during his stint in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Delhi in 1958–61, Mahadevan had become acquainted with the noted epigraphist and art historian C. Sivaramamurti who was then working as a curator at the Indian Museum next block. Sivaramamurti initiated him into the basics of South Indian epigraphy.^[3]

Mahadevan first published his study of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions at Pugalur in 1965 following those of Mangulam, the next year.^[3] In the same year, Mahadevan presented his paper on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions in Madras which was later published as the book Corpus of the Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions.^[3] After a brief period of research with the Indus script, Mahadevan resumed his work on Tamil-Brahmi in 1992 with active support from the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department. In 2003, he published a revised edition of the 1966 book which has since acquired the status of a classic.^[5]

Indus script

Mahadevan started his research on the Indus script following a brush with W. W. Hunter's book on the Indus Script at India's Central Secretariat Library in Delhi.^[3] In 1970, Mahadevan was offered the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship to do his doctoral research on the Indus Script.^[3] Mahadevan continued his research even after his fellowship ended and published his first book Indus Script: Concordance and Tables in 1977.^[3] Following a break from 1991 to 2003 to complete his research on Tamil epigraphy, Mahadevan resumed his studies again in 2003.^[3]

Gregory Possehl called Mahadevan a "careful, methodical worker, taking care to spell out his assumptions and methods. ... 'Tentative conclusions' and 'working hypotheses' are more his style than set ideas and fait accompli".^[6]

Significant contributions

Iravatham Mahadevan's The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables (1977) is the only openly available corpus of the Indus Script. He wrote over 40 papers to further the Dravidian hypothesis of the Indus Script and argues for a continuity between the written records of Indus and the oral transmissions from the Rig Veda. He was instrumental in firmly establishing the view of K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer that the writings found in the caves of Tamil Nadu in a script similar to Brahmi are a variant of Brahmi, which Mahadevan calls Tamil Brahmi, and in ascertaining that the language of the script is indeed Tamil.^[7] Mahadevan went on to read the names and titles of several generations of Pandiya and Chera kings in Tamil Brahmi writings,^[8] all corroborated in early Tamil literature.^[9]

Awards and honours

Iravatham Mahadevan was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1970 for his research in Indus script and the National Fellowship of the Indian Council of Historical Research in 1992 for his work on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions.^[10]

In 1998, he was elected the president of the Annual Congress of the Epigraphical Society of India and in 2001 he became the general president of the Indian History Congress. He received the Padma Shri award from the Government of India in 2009 for arts.^[11] He was conferred the Tolkappiyar award for lifetime achievement in classical Tamil by the Government of India for the year 2009–2010.^[12]

He was conferred the Campbell Medal by the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, formerly the Royal Asiatic Society, in November 2014.^[13]

A bronze bust of Mahadevan was created by artist G. Chandrasekaran and placed at the Roja Muthiah Research Library.^[14]

Publications

Corpus of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions (1966)^[15]
The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables (1977)^[16]
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. (Harvard Oriental Series, 62) (2003)^[17]
Early Tamil Epigraphy: Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions. Revised and Enlarged Second Edition: Volume 1 (Central Institute of Classical Tamil) (2014)^[18]
Akam and Puram : 'Address' Signs of the Indus Script (2010)^[19]
Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via the Rig Veda: A Case Study (2014)^[20]^[21]
Toponyms, Directions and Tribal Names in the Indus Script (Archaeopress) (2017)^[22]

References

^ Iravatham Mahadevan passes away
^ "The Hindu : Magazine / Culture : Towards a scientific study of the Indus Script". 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Straight from the Heart – Iravatham Mahadevan: Interview with Iravatham Mahadevan". Varalaaru.com.
^ Ancient Indus Valley Script Iravatham Mahadevan Interview
^ R. Champakalakshmi. "A magnum opus on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions". Frontline.
^ Gregory L. Possehl, Indus Age: The Writing System (1997), p. 130
^ Early Tamil Epigraphy. Revised Enlarged Edition. Iravatham Mahadevan. 2014. pp. 96
^ Corpus of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions. I. Mahadevan. 1966; Early Tamil Epigraphy. I. Mahadevan. 2014.
^ Early Tamil Epigraphy. I. Mahadevan. 2014
^ Review of Mahadevan (2003).
^ "Honour for Iravatham Mahadevan". The Hindu. 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
^ "Presidential awards for classical Tamil presented". The Hindu. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^ "'Indus script early form of Dravidian'". The Hindu. 15 November 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^ "Dravidian scholar Iravatham Mahadevan's bust unveiled". The Hindu. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
^ "A magnum opus on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions". Frontline. 3 July 2003. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ Sankalia, H. D. (1 January 1977). "The Indus Script : Texts, Concordance, and Tables". Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute. 37 (1/4): 193–197. JSTOR 42936591.
^ Mahadevan, Iravatham (30 November 2003). Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. Harvard Oriental Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01227-1.
^ Salomon, Richard (1 July 2004). "Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 124 (3): 565–569. doi:10.2307/4132283. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 4132283.
^ Mahadevan, Iravatham. "Akam and Puram : 'Address' Signs of the Indus Script" (PDF). The Hindu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ Mahadevan, Iravatham (2014). Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script Via the Rig Veda: A Case Study. Indus Research Centre, Roja Muthiah Research Library.
^ "Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via the Rig Veda: A Case Study". Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
^ Mahadevan, Iravatham; Bhaskar, M. V. "Toponyms, Directions and Tribal Names in the Indus Script" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

External links

The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables

[1] Iravatham Mahadevan passes away

[2] "The Hindu : Magazine / Culture : Towards a scientific study of the Indus Script". 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[mahadevan_interview-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Straight from the Heart – Iravatham Mahadevan: Interview with Iravatham Mahadevan". Varalaaru.com.

[4] Ancient Indus Valley Script Iravatham Mahadevan Interview

[frontline-5] R. Champakalakshmi. "A magnum opus on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions". Frontline.

[6] Gregory L. Possehl, Indus Age: The Writing System (1997), p. 130

[7] Early Tamil Epigraphy. Revised Enlarged Edition. Iravatham Mahadevan. 2014. pp. 96

[8] Corpus of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions. I. Mahadevan. 1966; Early Tamil Epigraphy. I. Mahadevan. 2014.

[9] Early Tamil Epigraphy. I. Mahadevan. 2014

[10] Review of Mahadevan (2003).

[11] "Honour for Iravatham Mahadevan". The Hindu. 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.

[12] "Presidential awards for classical Tamil presented". The Hindu. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[13] "'Indus script early form of Dravidian'". The Hindu. 15 November 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[14] "Dravidian scholar Iravatham Mahadevan's bust unveiled". The Hindu. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[15] "A magnum opus on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions". Frontline. 3 July 2003. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[16] Sankalia, H. D. (1 January 1977). "The Indus Script : Texts, Concordance, and Tables". Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute. 37 (1/4): 193–197. JSTOR 42936591.

[17] Mahadevan, Iravatham (30 November 2003). Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. Harvard Oriental Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01227-1.

[18] Salomon, Richard (1 July 2004). "Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 124 (3): 565–569. doi:10.2307/4132283. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 4132283.

[19] Mahadevan, Iravatham. "Akam and Puram : 'Address' Signs of the Indus Script" (PDF). The Hindu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[20] Mahadevan, Iravatham (2014). Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script Via the Rig Veda: A Case Study. Indus Research Centre, Roja Muthiah Research Library.

[21] "Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via the Rig Veda: A Case Study". Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

[22] Mahadevan, Iravatham; Bhaskar, M. V. "Toponyms, Directions and Tribal Names in the Indus Script" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

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-'''Iravatham Mahadevan''' (2 October 1930 – 26 November 2018)<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/iravatham-mahadevan-leading-scholar-on-the-indus-valley-and-tamil-brahmi-scripts-passes-away/article25595085.ece Iravatham Mahadevan passes away]</ref> was an Indian [[Epigraphy|epigraphist]] and civil servant, known for his successful decipherment of [[Tamil-Brahmi]] inscriptions and for his expertise on the epigraphy of the [[Indus Valley Civilisation]].
+'''Iravatham Mahadevan''' (2 October 1930 – 26 November 2018)<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/iravatham-mahadevan-leading-scholar-on-the-indus-valley-and-tamil-brahmi-scripts-passes-away/article25595085.ece Iravatham Mahadevan passes away]</ref> was an Indian [[Epigraphy|epigraphist]] and civil servant, known for his  decipherment of [[Tamil-Brahmi]] inscriptions and for his expertise on the epigraphy of the [[Indus Valley civilisation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-02-06 |title=The Hindu : Magazine / Culture : Towards a scientific study of the Indus Script |url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/02/04/stories/2007020400260500.htm |access-date=2023-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206005438/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/02/04/stories/2007020400260500.htm |archive-date=6 February 2007 }}</ref>
 ==Early life==
-Iravatham Mahadevan was born on 2 October 1930 in a [[Tamil Brahmin]] family of [[Thanjavur district]].<ref name="mahadevan_interview">{{cite web|title=Straight from the Heart&nbsp;– Iravatham Mahadevan: Interview with Iravatham Mahadevan|url=http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=740|publisher=Varalaaru.com}}</ref> He was conceived in [[British Burma]] where his father Iravatham was practising as a doctor.<ref name="mahadevan_interview" />
+Iravatham Mahadevan was born on 2 October 1930 in a [[Tamil Brahmin]] family of [[Thanjavur district]] in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]].<ref name="mahadevan_interview">{{cite web|title=Straight from the Heart&nbsp;– Iravatham Mahadevan: Interview with Iravatham Mahadevan|url=http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=740|publisher=Varalaaru.com}}</ref> Mahadevan had his schooling in the town of [[Tiruchirapalli]] and graduated in [[Chemistry]] from the [[Vivekananda College, Chennai]] and law from the [[Madras Law College]].   Mahadevan successfully passed the [[Indian Administrative Service]] examinations held in 1953 and was allotted to the Tamil Nadu cadre.<ref name="mahadevan_interview" /><ref>[http://www.harappa.com/script/mahadevantext.html#4 Ancient Indus Valley Script  Iravatham Mahadevan Interview]</ref>
-Mahadevan had his schooling in the town of [[Tiruchirapalli]] and graduated in [[Chemistry]] from the [[Vivekananda College, Chennai]] and law from the [[Madras Law College]].  Mahadevan successfully passed the [[Indian Administrative Service]] examinations held in 1953 and was allotted to the Tamil Nadu cadre.<ref name="mahadevan_interview" /><ref>[http://www.harappa.com/script/mahadevantext.html#4 Ancient Indus Valley Script  Iravatham Mahadevan Interview]</ref>
 ==Civil service==
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 According to an interview given to an e-journal ''Varalaaru'', Mahadevan revealed that he started researching the [[Tamil-Brahmi]] script following a casual suggestion by Indian historian [[K. A. Nilakanta Sastri]] during a meeting in 1961.
-{{quote|There are several caves in Tamil Nadu with inscriptions in the Brahmi script. [[K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar]] says they are in Tamil. It is an unsolved problem. Can you give it a shot???<ref name="mahadevan_interview" />}}
+{{blockquote|There are several caves in Tamil Nadu with inscriptions in the Brahmi script. [[K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar]] says they are in Tamil. It is an unsolved problem. Can you give it a shot?<ref name="mahadevan_interview" />}}
 Earlier, during his stint in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Delhi in 1958–61, Mahadevan had become acquainted with the noted epigraphist and art historian [[C. Sivaramamurti]] who was then working as a curator at the [[Indian Museum]] next block.  Sivaramamurti initiated him into the basics of South Indian epigraphy.<ref name="mahadevan_interview" />
-Mahadevan first published his study of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions at [[Pugalur]] in Kerala in 1965 following those of [[Mangulam]], the next year.<ref name="mahadevan_interview" /> In the same year, Mahadevan presented his paper on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions in Madras which was later published as the book ''Corpus of the Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions''.<ref name="mahadevan_interview" /> After a brief period of research with the [[Indus script]], Mahadevan resumed his work on Tamil-Brahmi in 1992 with active support from the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department. In 2003, he published a revised edition of the 1966 book which has since acquired the status of a classic.<ref name="frontline">{{cite news|title=A magnum opus on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions|author=R. Champakalakshmi|url=http://www.frontline.in/enwiki/static/html/fl2013/stories/20030704000207100.htm|work=Frontline}}</ref>
+Mahadevan first published his study of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions at [[Pugalur]]  in 1965 following those of [[Mangulam]], the next year.<ref name="mahadevan_interview" /> In the same year, Mahadevan presented his paper on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions in Madras which was later published as the book ''Corpus of the Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions''.<ref name="mahadevan_interview" /> After a brief period of research with the [[Indus script]], Mahadevan resumed his work on Tamil-Brahmi in 1992 with active support from the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department. In 2003, he published a revised edition of the 1966 book which has since acquired the status of a classic.<ref name="frontline">{{cite news|title=A magnum opus on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions|author=R. Champakalakshmi|url=http://www.frontline.in/enwiki/static/html/fl2013/stories/20030704000207100.htm|work=Frontline}}</ref>
 ==Indus script==
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 ==Significant contributions==
 Iravatham Mahadevan's ''The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables'' (1977) is the only openly available corpus of the Indus Script. He wrote over 40 papers to further the Dravidian hypothesis of the Indus Script and argues for a continuity between the written records of Indus and the oral transmissions from the Rig Veda.
-He was instrumental in firmly establishing the view of K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer that the writings found in the caves of Tamil Nadu in a script similar to Brahmi are a variant of Brahmi, which Mahadevan calls Tamil Brahmi, and in ascertaining that the language of the script is indeed Tamil.<ref>Early Tamil Epigraphy. Revised Enlarged Edition. Iravatham Mahadevan. 2014. pp. 96</ref> Mahadevan went on to read the names and titles of several generations of Pantiya and Cera kings in Tamil Brahmi writings,<ref>Corpus of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions. I. Mahadevan. 1966; Early Tamil Epigraphy. I. Mahadevan. 2014.</ref> all corroborated in early Tamil literature.<ref>Early Tamil Epigraphy. I. Mahadevan. 2014</ref>
+He was instrumental in firmly establishing the view of K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer that the writings found in the caves of Tamil Nadu in a script similar to Brahmi are a variant of Brahmi, which Mahadevan calls Tamil Brahmi, and in ascertaining that the language of the script is indeed Tamil.<ref>Early Tamil Epigraphy. Revised Enlarged Edition. Iravatham Mahadevan. 2014. pp. 96</ref> Mahadevan went on to read the names and titles of several generations of Pandiya and Chera kings in Tamil Brahmi writings,<ref>Corpus of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions. I. Mahadevan. 1966; Early Tamil Epigraphy. I. Mahadevan. 2014.</ref> all corroborated in early Tamil literature.<ref>Early Tamil Epigraphy. I. Mahadevan. 2014</ref>
 ==Awards and honours==
 Iravatham Mahadevan was awarded the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]] in 1970 for his research in Indus script and the National Fellowship of the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]] in 1992 for his work on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions.<ref>[http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/HOS62.htm Review] of Mahadevan (2003).</ref>
-In 1998, he was elected the president of the Annual Congress of the Epigraphical Society of India and in 2001 he became the general president of the [[Indian History Congress]]. He received the [[Padma Shri Awards (2000-2009)|Padma Shri award]] from the Government of India in 2009 for arts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/17/stories/2009041756521800.htm|title=Honour for Iravatham Mahadevan|date=17 April 2009|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=4 July 2009}}</ref> He was conferred the [[Tolkappiyar award]] for lifetime achievement in classical Tamil by the Government of India for the year 2009–2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/presidential-awards-for-classical-tamil-presented/article5220483.ece|title=Presidential awards for classical Tamil presented|date=10 October 2013|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=10 October 2013}}</ref>
+In 1998, he was elected the president of the Annual Congress of the Epigraphical Society of India and in 2001 he became the general president of the [[Indian History Congress]]. He received the [[Padma Shri Awards (2000-2009)|Padma Shri award]] from the Government of India in 2009 for arts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/17/stories/2009041756521800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421195152/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/17/stories/2009041756521800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2009|title=Honour for Iravatham Mahadevan|date=17 April 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=4 July 2009}}</ref> He was conferred the [[Tolkappiar award|Tolkappiyar award]] for lifetime achievement in classical Tamil by the Government of India for the year 2009–2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/presidential-awards-for-classical-tamil-presented/article5220483.ece|title=Presidential awards for classical Tamil presented|date=10 October 2013|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref>
-He was conferred the Campbell Medal by the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, formerly the Royal Asiatic Society, in November 2014.{{cn|date=November 2018}}
+He was conferred the Campbell Medal by the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, formerly the Royal Asiatic Society, in November 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-11-15|title='Indus script early form of Dravidian'|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indus-script-early-form-of-dravidian-iravatham-mahadevan/article6600394.ece|access-date=2021-06-04|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
+A bronze bust of Mahadevan was created by artist G. Chandrasekaran and placed at the [[Roja Muthiah Research Library]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/dravidian-scholar-iravatham-mahadevans-bust-unveiled/article29472951.ece|title=Dravidian scholar Iravatham Mahadevan's bust unveiled|date=21 September 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
 ==Publications==
+* ''Corpus of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions'' (1966)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-07-03 |title=A magnum opus on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30217581.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422165707/https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30217581.ece |archive-date=22 April 2023 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref>
-* ''Corpus of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions'' (1966)
-* ''The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables'' (1977)<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.2307/42936591| volume = 37| issue = 1/4| pages = 193–197| last = Sankalia| first = H. D.| journal = Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|title=The Indus Script : Texts, Concordance, and Tables | date = 1 January 1977| jstor = 42936591}}</ref>
+* ''The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables'' (1977)<ref>{{Cite journal| volume = 37| issue = 1/4| pages = 193–197| last = Sankalia| first = H. D.| journal = Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|title=The Indus Script : Texts, Concordance, and Tables | date = 1 January 1977| jstor = 42936591}}</ref>
-* ''Early Tamil Epigraphy : From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.'' ([[Harvard Oriental Series]], 62) (2003)
+* ''Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.'' ([[Harvard Oriental Series]], 62) (2003)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahadevan |first=Iravatham |url=https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674012271 |title=Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. |date=2003-11-30 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-01227-1 |series=Harvard Oriental Series |location=Cambridge, MA}}</ref>
-* ''Early Tamil Epigraphy : Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions''. Revised and Enlarged Second Edition: Volume 1 ([[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]]) (2014)<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.2307/4132283| issn = 0003-0279| volume = 124| issue = 3| pages = 565–569| last = Salomon| first = Richard| journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society|title= Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D| date = 1 July 2004| jstor = 4132283}}</ref>
+* ''Early Tamil Epigraphy: Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions''. Revised and Enlarged Second Edition: Volume 1 ([[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]]) (2014)<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.2307/4132283| issn = 0003-0279| volume = 124| issue = 3| pages = 565–569| last = Salomon| first = Richard| journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society|title= Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D| date = 1 July 2004| jstor = 4132283}}</ref>
+* ''Akam and Puram : 'Address' Signs of the Indus Script'' (2010)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahadevan |first=Iravatham |title=Akam and Puram : 'Address' Signs of the Indus Script |website=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00151/Dr_Iravatham_Mahade_151204a.pdf |access-date=2023-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110100458/http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00151/Dr_Iravatham_Mahade_151204a.pdf |archive-date=10 January 2011 }}</ref>
-* ''Akam and Puram : 'Address' Signs of the Indus Script'' (2010)
+* ''Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via the Rig Veda: A Case Study'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahadevan |first=Iravatham |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uX7GswEACAAJ |title=Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script Via the Rig Veda: A Case Study |date=2014 |publisher=Indus Research Centre, Roja Muthiah Research Library |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via the Rig Veda: A Case Study |url=https://indico.tifr.res.in/indico/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=3985 |publisher=Tata Institute of Fundamental Research}}</ref>
-* ''Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via the Rig Veda: A Case Study'' (2014)
+*''Toponyms, Directions and Tribal Names in the Indus Script'' ([[Archaeopress]]) (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mahadevan |first1=Iravatham |last2=Bhaskar |first2=M. V. |title=Toponyms, Directions and Tribal Names in the Indus Script |url=https://www.harappa.com/sites/default/files/pdf/tribal-names-indus-script.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514203215/https://www.harappa.com/sites/default/files/pdf/tribal-names-indus-script.pdf |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-11-06 }}</ref>
+== See also ==
+* [[Early Indian epigraphy]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
+* ''[[iarchive:TheIndusScript.TextConcordanceAndTablesIravathanMahadevan/Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions. Collections in India/|The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables]]''
 *[http://www.harappa.com/arrow/bio.html Biography at harappa.com]
 *[http://www.murugan.org/research/mahadevan.htm 'Murukan' in the Indus Script]
+*[http://www.harappa.com/script/mahadevantext.html#4 An Interview with Iravatham Mahadevan at harappa.com]
-*[http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/02/04/stories/2007020400260500.htm   Towards a scientific study of the Indus Script] [[The Hindu]] Magazine, Sunday, 4 February 2007.
-*[http://www.harappa.com/script/mahadevantext.html#4 An interview]
+{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
-*[http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00151/Dr_Iravatham_Mahade_151204a.pdf Akam and Puram : ‘Address’ Signs of the Indus Script – presented at World Classical Tamil Conference, June 2010 – The Hindu]
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v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Art
1950s	Omkarnath Thakur (1955) Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956) Sudhir Khastgir (1957) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957) Debaki Bose (1958) Shambhu Maharaj (1958) Nargis (1958) Satyajit Ray (1958) Devika Rani (1958)
1960s	K. K. Hebbar (1961) Bismillah Khan (1961) Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961) Ashok Kumar (1962) Mehboob Khan (1963) Melville de Mellow (1963) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964) Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964) P. C. Sorcar (1964) Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965) V. Nagayya (1965) Ravishankar Raval (1965) Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965) Sivaji Ganesan (1966) M. F. Husain (1966) Sumitra Charat Ram (1966) P. Bhanumathi (1966) Daji Bhatawadekar (1967) Vasant Desai (1967) Siddheshwari Devi (1967) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967) Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967) M. R. Acharekar (1968) Begum Akhtar (1968) Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968) Nikhil Banerjee (1968) Sunil Dutt (1968) Durga Khote (1968) Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968) Shankar–Jaikishan (1968) Ayodhya Prasad (1968) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968) N. T. Rama Rao (1968) Devi Lal Samar (1968) Vyjayanthimala (1968) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969) David Abraham Cheulkar (1969) N. S. Bendre (1969) S. D. Burman (1969) B. Saroja Devi (1969) Indrani Rahman (1969) Balraj Sahni (1969) S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)
1970s	Sukumar Bose (1970) Prem Dhawan (1970) Ratna Fabri (1970) Gemini Ganesan (1970) Ritwik Ghatak (1970) Damayanti Joshi (1970) Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970) Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970) Madhaviah Krishnan (1970) Rajendra Kumar (1970) Pankaj Mullick (1970) Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970) Relangi (1970) Gummadi (1970) Vijay Raghav Rao (1970) V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970) Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Avinash Vyas (1970) M. Balamuralikrishna (1971) Sankho Chaudhuri (1971) Manna Dey (1971) Tripti Mitra (1971) Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971) Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971) K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971) Shanta Rao (1971) Ravi (1971) Sahir Ludhianvi (1971) Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971) Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972) Girija Devi (1972) Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972) Sunil Janah (1972) Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972) Bhimsen Joshi (1972) Mahendra Kapoor (1972) Ram Kumar (artist) (1972) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972) Samta Prasad (1972) M. K. Radha (1972) Raghu Rai (1972) Krishna Reddy (1972) Waheeda Rehman (1972) Juthika Roy (1972) Suchitra Sen (1972) Gubbi Veeranna (1972) Sitara Devi (1973) T. N. Krishnan (1973) Kishan Maharaj (1973) Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973) Uma Sharma (1973) S. G. Thakur Singh (1973) Kaifi Azmi (1974) Pushkar Bhan (1974) Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974) Bindhyabasini Devi (1974) Naina Devi (1974) Girish Karnad (1974) Shriram Lagoo (1974) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Nutan (1974) M. D. Ramanathan (1974) Som Nath Sadhu (1974) Emani Sankara Sastry (1974) Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974) Manik Varma (1974) M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975) Jasraj (1975) Amjad Ali Khan (1975) Gopi Krishna (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Basavaraj Rajguru (1975) Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975) M. S. Sathyu (1975) K. G. Subramanyan (1975) Gitchandra Tongbra (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1975) Shyam Benegal (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Ram Narayan (1976) K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976) R. Nagendra Rao (1976) S. Somasundaram (1976) Parveen Sultana (1976) Dhanraj Bhagat (1977) Bhupen Hazarika (1977) Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977) Alla Rakha (1977) Jehangir Sabavala (1977) Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)
1980s	B. V. Karanth (1981) Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981) Gambhir Singh Mura (1981) Dashrath Patel (1981) S. H. Raza (1981) Padma Subrahmanyam (1981) Allah Jilai Bai (1982) Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982) Jabbar Patel (1982) Virendra Prabhakar (1982) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983) Nepal Mahata (1983) Handel Manuel (1983) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Sobha Singh (1983) Habib Tanvir (1983) Ganga Devi (1984) Amitabh Bachchan (1984) Purushottam Das (1984) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Bhupen Khakhar (1984) Ben Kingsley (1984) Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984) Roshan Kumari (1984) Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984) N. Rajam (1984) Raja and Radha Reddy (1984) Nek Chand (1984) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984) Shanti Dave (1985) Asa Singh Mastana (1985) Laxman Pai (1985) Smita Patil (1985) Palghat R. Raghu (1985) Naseeruddin Shah (1985) Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986) Kanika Banerjee (1986) Subrata Mitra (1986) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986) Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986) K. Balachander (1987) Kumudini Lakhia (1987) Vijaya Mehta (1987) N. Ramani (1987) Aparna Sen (1987) Naresh Sohal (1987) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Shabana Azmi (1988) Teejan Bai (1988) Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988) Zakir Hussain (1988) Chindodi Leela (1988) Sudharani Raghupathy (1988) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Kudrat Singh (1988) Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Adyar K. Lakshman (1989) Haku Shah (1989) L. Subramaniam (1989) Ratan Thiyam (1989) Upendra Trivedi (1989)
1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji) (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Wadali Brothers (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardhan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (actor) (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (actor) (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tiku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Priyanka Chopra (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Purushottam Upadhyay (2017) Doddarangegowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Prabhakar Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Baba Yogendra (2018) Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Indira P. P. Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020) V. K. Munusamy (2020) Yadla Gopalarao (2020) Dulari Devi (2021) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021) Biren Kumar Basak (2021) Narayan Debnath (2021) Bhuri Bai (2021) Manjamma Jogathi (2021) Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022) Lalita Vakil (2022) H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022) Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022) Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022) Ram Sahay Panday (2022) Durga Bai Vyam (2022) Sulochana Chavan (2022) Sonu Nigam (2022) Lourembam Bino Devi (2022) Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022) Shyamamani Devi (2022) Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022) Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022) Ram Dayal Sharma (2022) Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022) S. Ballesh (2022) Sowcar Janaki (2022) R Muthukannammal (2022) A. K. C. Natarajan (2022) Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022) Sakini Ramachandraih (2022) Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022) Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022) Shivnath Mishra (2022) Sheesh Ram (2022) Ajita Srivastava (2022) Madhuri Barthwal (2022) Kaajee Singh (2022) Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023) Premjit Baria (2023) Usha Barle (2023) Hemant Chauhan (2023) Bhanubhai Chitara (2023) Hemoprova Chutia (2023) Subhadra Devi (2023) Hem Chandra Goswami (2023) Pritikana Goswami (2023) Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023) Dilshad Hussain (2023) Mahipat Kavi (2023) M. M. Keeravani (2023) Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023) Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023) Domar Singh Kunvar (2023) Risingbor Kurkalang (2023) Rani Machaiah (2023) Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023) Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023) Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023) Krishna Patel (2023) K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023) Kapil Dev Prasad (2023) Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023) C. V. Raju (2023) Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023) Mangala Kanti Roy (2023) K.C. Runremsangi (2023) Ritwik Sanyal (2023) Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023) Neihunuo Sorhie (2023) Moa Subong (2023) Raveena Tandon (2023) Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023) Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023) Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023) Gaddam Sammaiah (2024) Dasari Kondappa (2024)

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