India , Sri Lanka and Singapore. Various academies and the Government of Tamil Nadu. This page contains Indic text. Without rendering support you may see irregular vowel positioning and a lack of conjuncts.
The literature shows that many of the cultural practices that are considered peculiarly Tamil date back to the classical period. Agriculture was important during this period, and there is evidence that irrigation networks were built, including the Kallanai dam, considered to be one of the oldest dams still in use. The economy, however, was centred around foreign trade, and there is evidence of significant contact with Europe.
Large hoards of Roman coins and evidence of the presence of Roman traders have been discovered at Karur and Arikamedu, and there is evidence that at least two embassies were sent to the Roman Emperor Augustus by Pandya kings. Potsherds with Tamil writing have also been found in excavations on the Red Sea , suggesting the presence of Tamil merchants there Mahadevan An anonymous 1st century traveler's account written in Greek, Periplus Maris Erytraei , describes the ports of the Pandya and Chera kingdoms and the trade with them in substantial detail, and indicates that the chief exports of the Tamils in those days were pepper , malabathrum, pearls , ivory , silk, spikenard, diamonds , sapphires, and tortoiseshell Casson This period, commonly referred to as the dark age of the Tamil country, ended with the rise of the imperial Pallava dynasty.
The imperial and post-imperial periods. This reference article is mainly selected from the English Wikipedia with only minor checks and changes see www. See also our Disclaimer. We, all tamilians worldwide should join together to develop our language. Jeyan,Kanyakumari Tamilans NRI around the world please use tamil atleast with your relatives,so that your children may not forget it Please One of my friend a hindi boy told that tamil will not be exist in the world after years from now I am really afraid about it.
So please teach your children tamil Home Explore the BBC. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving. The British Isles has seven officially recognised minority languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority languages.
Explore the BBC. BBC Homepage. Contact Us. Who do you speak Tamil with? There is also a tamil community of doctors in Wales where I currently reside who meet during festival occasions to celebrate together.
Significant numbers of Tamils are also found in Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius and in many European cities. It is also spoken in Sri Lanka. Its origin is supposed to be more than years old according to historians and archaeologists.
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