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Chronology Of Tamil History
The following is a chronological overview of the history of the Tamil people, who trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian union territory of Puducherry, the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka and the Puttalam District of Sri Lanka. Pre-Sangam period Sangam age Post-Sangam period Pallava and Pandya Chola period Chola to Pandya transition Pandiya revival and Muslim rule Tenkasi Pandyas, Vijayanagar and Nayak period East India Company British rule Post-independence period See also * History of Tamil Nadu * Tamil culture * Tamil diaspora References {{Reflist * Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. A History of South India, OUP, Reprinted 2000 * Nilakanta Sastri, K.A., Srinivasachari, Advanced History of India, Allied Publishers Ltd, New Delhi, Reprinted 2000 * Read, Anthony, The Proudest Day – India's Long Ride to Independence, Jonathan Cape, London, 1997 External links''Tamil Sentiment''. Tamil shrines, Tamil culture, the history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamils
The Tamils ( ), also known by their endonym Tamilar, are a Dravidian peoples, Dravidian ethnic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. The Tamil language is one of the longest-surviving classical languages, with over two thousand years of Tamil literature, written history, dating back to the Sangam period (between 300 BCE and 300 CE). Tamils constitute about 5.7% of the Indian population and form the majority in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. They also form significant proportions of the populations in Sri Lankan Tamils, Sri Lanka (15.3%), Tamil Malaysians, Malaysia (7%) and Indian Singaporeans, Singapore (5%). Tamils have migrated world-wide since the 19th century CE and a significant population exists in South Africa, Mauritius, Fiji, as well as other regions such as the Southeast Asia, Middle East, Caribbean and parts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
