CONTENTS: Foreword-Dr Sachchidanand Joshi, Preface-Dr Kumar Sanjay Jha, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Keynote Address-Dr R Nagaswamy, Address of Chief Guest-Sri K Lakshminarayanan, *Ethical Value: An Analytical Exposition in the Tirukkural-Prof Brajakishore Swain, *Tirukkural: The Universal Manual on Didacticism and its Sanskrit Rendering-Prof C S Radhakrishnan, *Colonial Attempt to Christianise Tirukkural-A Part of Conversion Agenda-Late B R Haran, *Vedic Sakhas in the Land of Vedas (Tamil Nadu) Past and Present-Dr S A S Sarma, *In and Out Vaidika: The Case of Tirunanacampantar Tevaram-Dr T Ganesan, *A Legacy Revisited-Dr V V Subramanian, *On Vedic Rituals, Vedic Institutions, Brahmadeyams and Agraharams-Dr S Gurumurthy, *The Rajasastras of Mahabharata and Araciyal of Tirukkural-Dr G Sankarnarayanan, *Principle and Evolution of Punishment in Dharmasastras with Special Reference to Tirukkural-Dr P Rama Chandrasekhar, *Nrpatungavarma's Grant to Vedic College-Dr Ramadevi Sekhar, *Dharmasastra-s: Theory and Practice-Local Self-Government and Democracy in Ancient India-Ms Manjushree Hegde, *Dr R Nagaswamybhivirchit Tamil Nadu: Land of Vedas ityakhe granthe agamnam Dharmopadeytavimarsh (Sanskrit)- Dr M V Vishwanath, * Vedic Cambodia-with Special Reference to the Works of Dr R Nagaswamy-Dr Arjun Bharadwaj, *List of Contributors.