# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iravatham-mahadevan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:01:57.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iravatham-mahadevan"
name: "Iravatham Mahadevan"
slug: "iravatham-mahadevan"
description: "Iravatham Mahadevan was an Indian epigraphist and civil servant, known for his decipherment of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and for his expertise on the epigraphy of the Indus Valley Civilisation."
tagline: "Indian epigraphist (1930–2018)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0d/Iravatham_Mahadevan.jpg/330px-Iravatham_Mahadevan.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-10-02"
deathDate: "2018-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.064606741573034
  historical:           7.110406666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump