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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1890}}<br />
| birth_place = Thirukannangudi, [[Nagapattinam district|Nagapattinam]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[british India]]<br />
| death_date = 9 {{Death year and age|1970|1890|5}}<br />
| death_place = [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
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| occupation = Archaeologist, numismatist<br />
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'''Thirukannangudi G. Aravamuthan''' (1890 – 9 May 1970) was an Indian [[archaeologist]] and [[numismatist]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary, Archaeologist|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700510&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=12 February 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=10 May 1970|page=5}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Aravamuthan was born in 1890 in a village near Thirukannangudi, in the [[Nagapattinam district]] of the erstwhile [[Madras Presidency]] of [[british India]] (in the present-day Indian State of [[Tamil Nadu]]). He completed his postgraduate studies, first in English, then in law before doing in various jobs such as [[proofreading]] for the newspaper ''[[The Hindu]]'', appraiser of diamonds for a jeweller, English teacher at [[Pachaiyappa's College]] and law practise in the [[Madras High Court]]. His interest however lay in history.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Srivathsan|first1=A.|title=Coining a catalogue|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/coining-a-catalogue/article5357810.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=12 February 2018|date=16 November 2013}}</ref> He served as the [[curator]] of [[Chennai]]'s [[Government Museum, Chennai|Government Museum]] for some time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catalogue of the Roman and Byzantine Coins: Foreword|url=http://www.e-books-chennaimuseum.tn.gov.in/chennaimuseum/images/85/mobile/index.html#p=1|accessdate=13 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
* {{cite book|title=The Kaveri, the Maukharis and the Sangam Age|date=1925|publisher=[[University of Madras]]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283436}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Portrait Sculpture in South India|date=1931|publisher=The India Society|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127602}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Some Survivals of the Harappa Culture|date=1942|publisher=Karnatak Publishing House|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=poFCAAAAIAAJ&q}}<br />
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