The following is a chronological overview of the history of the Tamil people, who trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian union territory of Puducherry, the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka and the Puttalam District of Sri Lanka.
Pre-Sangam period
Sangam age
Post-Sangam period
Pallava and Pandya
Chola period
Chola to Pandya transition
Pandiya revival and Muslim rule
Tenkasi Pandyas, Vijayanagar and Nayak period
East India Company
British rule
Post-independence period
See also
References
- Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. A History of South India, OUP, Reprinted 2000
- Nilakanta Sastri, K.A., Srinivasachari, Advanced History of India, Allied Publishers Ltd, New Delhi, Reprinted 2000
- Read, Anthony, The Proudest Day â India's Long Ride to Independence, Jonathan Cape, London, 1997
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