Gonur And The Early Indians
Going through 'Early Indians' a book by Tony Joseph I came accross 'Gonur', an archaeological site in Turkmenistan. Since the place name has a Dravidian resonance I searched google, and to my astonishment, I found three places in South India. First, in Telangana - Tandur Mandal, Rangareddy District. It is 11 K M away from Tandur The second one is in Karnataka - Taluk and District: Chitradurga. And Chitradurga is the nearest town to Gonur. The Third one is in Tamilnadu - Here it is Panchayath in Nagavalli Block of Salem District. In Tamil and Malayalam vernacular, 'kon' means king or chieftain. So the the word means the abode of chieftain. The word Konur also resonates Gonur. And you can find more Konur in Tamilnadu - In Namakkal, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Vriddhachalam and Cuddalore. There is one in Telangana, Kasipet Mandal, Adilabad District. A slight change in phenome from G to K brought more places under this name. Do these similarities point to lingui...