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[1] [2] [3] Old Tamil is the period of the Tamil language spanning from the 3rd century BCE to the seventh century CE. [4] [5] Prior to Old Tamil, the period of Tamil linguistic development is termed as Proto-Tamil. After the Old Tamil period, Tamil becomes Middle Tamil. The earliest records in Old Tamil are inscriptions from between the 3rd ...
The Tamil grammar is classified into five divisions, namely eḻuttu (letter), sol (word), poruḷ (content), yāppu (prosody), and aṇi (figure of speech). [31] [32] Since the later part of the 19th century, Tamils made the language as a key part of the Tamil identity and personified the language in the form of Tamil̲taay ("Tamil mother"). [33]
[62] [63] Economist Radhika Desai, while concurring that 1914 was the peak of the capitalist system, argues that the neoliberal reforms that were intended to restore capitalism to its primacy have instead bequeathed to the world increased inequalities, divided societies, economic crises and misery and a lack of meaningful politics, along with ...
Tamil: 100 B.C.E - 250 C.E Tamil Nadu Buddhacharita: Buddhism: Life of Shakyamuni Buddha: Sanskrit: Ashvagosha: Kanishka: 100 [citation needed] Purushapura: Peshawar: Shatkhandagama: Jainism: Prakrit: Dharasena: 1st century BCE Mudabidri Karnataka Periplus of the Erythrean Sea: A naval guide to Indian commerce. Greek: 0-100 CE [citation needed ...
The Tamil area had an independent existence outside the control of these northern empires. The Tamil kings and chiefs were always in conflict with each other mostly over the property. The royal courts were mostly places of social gathering rather than places of dispensation of authority; they were centres for distribution of resources.
Period Events c. 600 BCE: The production process of Wootz steel began in the 6th century BCE and was exported globally by the Chera dynasty as what was termed as "the finest steel in the world," i.e. Seric Iron to the Romans, Egyptians, Chinese and Arabs by 500 BCE and was used to make the famous damascus blades.
Kallanai, a dam built on river Kaveri during this period, is one of the oldest water-regulation structure in the world. [6] [7] [8] Surface irrigation, sprinkler mechanism and drip irrigation methods were followed to prevent wastage of water. [9] Kallanai is one of the oldest water-regulation structures in the world
By far, the most important source of ancient Tamil history is the corpus of Tamil poems, referred to as Sangam literature, generally dated from the last centuries of the pre-Christian era to the early centuries of the Christian era. [2] [3] [4] It consists of 2,381 known poems, with a total of over 50,000 lines, written by 473 poets.