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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Therazhundur Venkataraman Mahalingam<br />
| birth_date = 1907<br />
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| birth_place = [[Therazhundur]], [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore district]], [[Madras Presidency]],<br/>[[British Raj|British India]]<br/>(now in [[Mayiladuthurai district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India)<br />
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| death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1983|03|06}}<br />
| death_place = [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]),<br/>[[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| occupation = Historian, [[Academic staff|Academic]], professor, author<br />
}}<br />
'''Therazhundur Venkataraman Mahalingam''' (c. 1907 - 6 March 1983) was an Indian historian who is known for publishing the most authoritative descriptive catalogues on the [[Colin Mackenzie|Mackenzie manuscripts]].<ref name="histriogp145">{{cite book|title=The Origins of Modern Historiography in India: Antiquarianism and Philology, 1780-1880|page=145|author=Rama Sundari Mantena|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2012}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Mahalingam was born in [[Therazhundur]] in [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore district]] in 1907. Following his graduation, Mahalingam worked as a lecturer in the Madurai College and later at the [[H. H. The Rajah's College, Pudukkottai|H. H. The Rajah's College]] in [[Pudukkottai]]. In 1947, Mahalingam joined the faculty of the Department of Ancient History and Archeology, as the Professor of Ancient History and Archeology at the [[University of Madras]].<ref name="epip34">{{cite book|title=Presidential Addresses and Praśastis|year=1985|page=34|publisher=Epigraphical Society of India}}</ref><br />
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== As University of Madras faculty ==<br />
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Mahalingam worked as a history professor under the leadership of [[K. K. Pillay]] till 1959. When the Department of Indian history and archaeology was split into two new departments - Department of Indian History and Department of Ancient History and Archaeology in 1959, Pillay remained head of the Indian history department while Mahalingam was promoted to head the newly created Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, a post which he held to retirement in 1971.<ref name="vijayanagarp5">{{cite book|title=Recent advances in Vijayanagara studies|page=5|author=Palani Shanmugam |author2=Srinivasan Srinivasan |publisher=New Era Publications|year=2006}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Mahalingam died on 6 March 1983 at the age of 75 in Madras.<ref name="tamilstudiep71">{{cite book|title=Tamil Studies, Volume 3|publisher=International Institute of Tamil Historical Studies|page=71|year=1983}}</ref><br />
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== Honours ==<br />
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Mahalingam was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1969.<ref name="padmashri">[http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php Padma Shri Award recipients list]</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=Administration and social life under Vijayanagar|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.103527|year=1940|publisher=University of Madras|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=The Banas in South Indian history|year=1951|publisher=University of Madras|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Economic life under the Vijayanagar empire|year=1952|publisher=University of Madras|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=The Nagas in Indian history and culture|year=1965|publisher=G. S. Press|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Early South Indian palaeography|year=1967|publisher=University of Madras|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=South Indian polity|year=1967|publisher=University of Madras|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Kanchipuram in early South Indian history|year=1969|publisher=Asian Publishing House|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Studies in the South Indian temple complex|year=1970|publisher=Karnatak University|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Mackenzie Manuscripts: Summaries of the Historical Manuscripts in the Mackenzie Collection|year=1972|publisher=University of Madras|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Readings in South Indian history|year=1976|publisher=B. R. Publishing Corporation|first=T. V.|last=Mahalingam}}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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