Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c4.9

c4.9

As I complete the research project on which I have spent forty years of my life, about half the time when I was still serving as an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, my thoughts turn towards my family. I used to burn the candle at both ends and my family suffered in the process. My wife had to look after the household and bring up the two boys. But she and the boys showed great understanding and were fully supportive of my research work. It is the will of Providence that Gowri, my wife, and our elder son, Vidyasagar, have not been spared to see the fruition of my labours, which would have gladdened their hearts.