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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.
The World Today, styled also as The World Today with Maryam Moshiri is a news programme that premiered on both UK feed and international feed of BBC News channel on 21 February 2024. The programme is mainly hosted by Maryam Moshiri. The show, dedicated to international news is said to "bring the best of the BBC's global journalism to audiences ...
The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations in the world with a unbroken history of more than 2000 years. There are also a large Tamil Diaspora communities scattered around the world, especially in Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Mauritius, Australia, Canada, the United States, and Europe. The estimated population of Tamils in the world ...
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 and 1st ...
Sedentariness began in South Asia around 7000 BCE; by 4500 BCE, settled life had spread, [2] and gradually evolved into the Indus Valley Civilisation, one of three early cradles of civilisation in the Old World, [3] [4] which flourished between 2500 BCE and 1900 BCE in present-day Pakistan and north-western India.
[56] [57] In 1578, the Portuguese published a Tamil book in old Tamil script named Thambiraan Vanakkam, thus making Tamil the first Indian language to be printed and published. [58] Tamil Lexicon , published by the University of Madras between 1924 and 1939, was amongst the first comprehensive dictionaries published in the language.
The region of Tamil Nadu in the southeast of modern India, shows evidence of having had continuous human habitation from 15,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Throughout its history, spanning the early Upper Paleolithic age to modern times, this region has coexisted with various external cultures.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Dravidian ethnolinguistic group Ethnic group Tamils Tamilar Total population c. 77 million Regions with significant populations India 69,026,881 (2011) Sri Lanka 3,108,770 (2012) Malaysia 1,800,000 (2016) United States 238,699+ (2017) Canada 237,890 (2021) [note 2] Singapore 174,708 ...