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{{Infobox person |<br />
name = [[Rai Bahadur]]<br />Valaiyattur Venkayya |<br />
birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1864|07|01}} |<br />
image = |<br />
|birth_place = [[Valaiyattur]], [[North Arcot]], [[British India]] |<br />
spouse = |<br />
death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1912|11|21|1864|07|01}} |<br />
death_place = [[Mambalam]], [[Chingleput District (Madras Presidency)|Chingleput District]], [[British India]] |<br />
occupation = [[epigraphist]]<br />
}}<br />
[[Rai Bahadur]] '''Valaiyattur Venkayya''' (1 July 1864 – 21 November 1912) was an Indian [[epigraphist]] and [[historian]]. He served as the Chief Epigraphist to the [[Government of India]] from 1908 to 1912.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Venkayya was born on 1 July 1864 in the town of [[Valaiyattur]] near [[Arni, Tiruvannamalai|Arni]] in the then [[North Arcot]] district. His father Appa Sitarama Ayyar, a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[scholar]], was a direct descendant of ''[[Advaita]]'' savant [[Appayya Dikshitar]].<ref name="tamilepigraphyp31">{{cite book|title=Heritage of the Tamils Volume I: Tamil epigraphy: a survey|page=31|author=N. Subrahmanian|publisher=Ennes Publication|year=1980}}</ref> Venkayya graduated in [[Physics]] from the [[University of Madras]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Venkayya's mastery of South Indian languages and scripts was recognised by [[E. Hultzsch]] who inducted him to the epigraphical department of the Madras government. Venkayya served as Chief Epigraphist to the [[Government of Madras]] till 1908, and then succeeded Hultzsch on his retirement, as the Chief Epigraphist to the [[Government of India]].<br />
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Venkayya made a pioneering effort in studying inscriptions in [[Brihadeeswarar Temple]] in [[Tanjore]]<ref name="siinscriptions2">{{cite web|title=South Indian Inscriptions Volume 2: Preface|url=http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_2/preface.html|publisher=whatisindia}}</ref> and temples in the [[Pallava]]<ref name="aiyangarp152">{{cite book|title=Some contributions of South India to Indian culture|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.511889|year=1923|first=Sakkottai Krishnaswamy|last=Aiyangar|publisher=University of Calcutta|page=152}}</ref> and [[Pandya]] countries. He also made significant contributions to ''[[Epigraphia Indica]]''.<br />
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Venkayya was also one of the champions of the [[Parthia]]n-origin theory of the Pallavas.<ref name="iranchamber">{{cite web|title=India's Parthian Colony: On the Origin of the Pallava Empire of Dravidia|author=Samar Abbas|date=14 May 2003|url=http://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/india_parthian_colony2.php|publisher=Iran Chamber}}</ref> He also tried to decipher the inscriptions on Mankulam Hill.<ref name="thehindu_20090101">{{cite news|title=Jaina treasure trove in Mankulam village|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=1 January 2009|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article365626.ece|author=T. S. Subramanian}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Venkayya died on 21 November 1912 while in service as Chief Epigraphist to the Indian government. Hultzsch, who edited the eleventh volume of ''Epigraphia Indica'' which was published shortly after Venkayya's death, dedicated the volume to him. The correspondence between Hultzsch and Venkayya was also published after his death.<br />
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== Works ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=South Indian inscriptions: Tamil inscriptions in the Rajarajesvara temple at Tanjavur and other miscellaneous records of the Chola, Pallava, Pandya, and Vijayanagara dynasties, Volume 2|year=1891|first1=E.|last1=Hultzsch|authorlink1=E. Hulztsch|first2=V.|last2=Venkayya|first3=H. Krishna|last3=Sastri}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Historical method|first=V.|last=Venkayya|year=1902}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Tamil Antiquary|first=V.|last=Venkayya|year=1903}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=The Pallavas|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.35431|first=V.|last=Venkayya|publisher=[[G. A. Natesan]]|year=1907}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=[[Velurpalaiyam plates]] of Nandivarman III|first=V.|last=Venkayya}}<br />
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