| Tamil Nadu History |
Tamil Nadu History
| Pre Historic age in Tamil Nadu |
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The origin of human
race on the planet earth took place several thousands of years ago.
The early history of human beings is called the pre-historic age,
Written records are not available for the pre-Historic period. However,
the pre-historic people had left many things such as pieces of pottery,
stone and metal tools, simple drawings, bones and skeletons. These
materials provide some clue to know the history of the pre-historic
period. Material remains belonging to the pre-historic period have
also been unearthed in many places of Tamil Nadu. |
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| The pre-historic period in Tamil
Nadu may be classified into 1. Old Stone Age 2. New Stone Age 3. Metal Age 4. Megalithic Age |
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Sangam Age in Tamil Kingdoms
The history of the Tamil country becomes clear only from the Sangam period. The word Sangam means an association. Here, it refers to the Tamil Sangam, an association of Tamil poets, which flourished in ancient Tamil Nadu. These Tamil poets had composed the Sangam literature. The period in which these literatures were composed is called the Sangam Age in the history of Tamil Nadu. During this age there were three Tamil Kingdoms, namely the Chera, Chola and Pandy kingdoms in the Tamil country. They were popularly known as Moovendar.
Sources
The historical sources for the Sangam Age may classified into
1.
Literary Sources
2. Archaeological sources
and
3. Foreign Accounts.
Tamil Kingdoms
There were three important kingdoms, namely Chera, Chola and Pandya kingdoms in the Tamil country during the Sangam Age. In addition to these three kingdoms, there were also local chieftains. The most famous among the local chieftains were the Seven Patrons, popularly known as Kadaiyelu Vallalgal.
They are
1. Chera
2. Chola
3. Pandya
Kodaikanal
|| Trichy
|| India
|| Ooty
|| Andaman
|| Pondicherry
|| Mahabalipuram
|| Coimbatore
|| Madurai||
Tamilnadu
|| Srirangam
|| Kanchipuram
|| Kanyakumari
|| Madurai
India || Jokes
|| Chennai
|| Thanjavur
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