T. A. Gopinatha Rao (1872-1919) was an Indian archaeologist and epigraphist with the

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(ASI) who contributed regularly to the journal '' Epigraphia Indica''. He was appointed first Superintendent of the Travancore Archaeology Department in 1908. During his tenure, Rao edited ''Travancore Archaeological Series'' volumes 1 and 2. He noticed and was the first to publish the very important ancient Gudimallam Lingam, clearly phallic in shape and carved with a full-length

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. This was in his book ''Elements of Hindu Iconography'' 1914, (Law Printing House, Madras)online text
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Papers

*"Painting in Ancient India", ''Modern Review'', 1918, , volume=XXIV

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, T 1872 births 1919 deaths 20th-century Indian archaeologists Archaeological Survey of India people 19th-century Indian archaeologists Indian epigraphers 20th-century Indian linguists Historians of Kerala Historians in British India