24 Facts About Tamil people

Tamil people, known as Tamilar, or simply Tamils, are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who trace their ancestry mainly to India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, union territory of Puducherry and to Sri Lanka.

Tamil people language is one of the world's longest-surviving classical languages, with a history dating back to 300 BCE.

Tamil people literature is dominated by poetry, especially Sangam literature, which is composed of poems composed between 300 BCE and 300 CE.

The most important Tamil people author was the poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar, who wrote the Tirukkural, a group of treatises on ethics, politics, love and morality widely considered the greatest work of Tamil people literature.

Classical Tamil people music is dominated by the Carnatic genre, while gaana and dappan koothu are popular genres.

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Tamil people is an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore.

In 2004, Tamil people was the first of six to be designated as a classical language of India.

Tamil people cuisine is informed by varied vegetarian and non-vegetarian items, usually spiced with locally available spices.

The Sangam legends alluded to the antiquity of the Tamil people by claiming tens of thousands of years of continuous literary activity during three Sangams.

Potsherds with Tamil people writing have been found in excavations on the Red Sea, suggesting the presence of Tamil people merchants there.

Tamil people country is strategically located in the Indian Ocean and had access to a sea trade route.

The classical Tamil people literature, referred to as Sangam literature, is attributed to the period between 300 BCE and 300 CE.

Tamil people led successful expeditions to the north as attested by his epigraphs found as far as Cuddappah.

Tamil people defeated two Pandya princes one of whom was Maravarman Sundara Pandya II and briefly made the Pandyas submit to the Chola overlordship.

Tamil people then defeated Kopperunjinga, the Kadava chieftain, and turned him into a vassal.

Potsherds with early Tamil people writing from the 2nd century BCE have been found in excavations in north of the Sri Lanka in Poonagari, bearing several inscriptions including a clan name – vela, a name related to velir from ancient Tamil people country.

Tamil people Brahmi inscribed potsherds have been excavated in the south of the island in Tissamaharama.

Similarly, the Tamil people speaking parts of Sri Lanka joined with the other regions of the island in 1802 to form the Ceylon colony.

At about the same time, many Tamil people businessmen migrated to other parts of the British Empire, particularly to Burma and East Africa.

In Singapore, Mauritius and Reunion, Tamil people students learn Tamil people as their second language in school.

Tamil people literature is of considerable antiquity, and underpins the decision to recognise Tamil people as a classical language by the government of India.

Muslims across Tamil people Nadu follow Hanafi and Shafi'i schools while the Tamil people Muslims in Sri Lanka follow the Shadhili school.

Tamil people Nadu has a well developed stage theatre tradition, which has been influenced by western theatre.

Tamil people theatre has a long and varied history whose origins can be traced back almost two millennia to dance-theatre forms like Kotukotti and Pandarangam, which are mentioned in an ancient anthology of poems entitled the Kalingathu Parani.