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The Tamils portal Archaeological evidence from Tamil Nadu indicates a continuous history of human occupation for more than 3,800 years. In the Sangam period,Tamilakam was ruled by theThree Crowned Kings of theCheras,Cholas andPandyas. SmallerVelir kings and chieftains ruled certain territories and maintained relationship with the larger kingdoms. Urbanisation and mercantile activity developed along the coasts during the later Sangam period with the Tamilsinfluencing the regional trade in the Indian Ocean region. Artifacts obtained from excavations indicate the presence of earlytrade relations with the Romans. The major kingdoms to rule the region later were thePallavas (3rd–9th century CE), and theVijayanagara Empire (14th–17th century CE). The island of Sri Lanka often saw attacks from the Indian mainland with the Cholas establishing their influence across the island and across several areas in Southeast Asia in the 10th century CE. This led to the spread of Tamil influence and contributed to thecultural Indianisation of the region. Scripts brought by Tamil traders like theGrantha andPallava scripts, induced the development of many Southeast Asian scripts. TheJaffna Kingdom later controlled the Tamil territory in the north of the Sri Lanka from 13th to 17th century CE. European colonization began in the 17th century CE, and continued for two centuries until the middle of the 20th century. (Full article...) Selected article -show another Indo-Roman trade relations (see also thespice trade andincense road) was trade between theIndian subcontinent and theRoman Empire inEurope and theMediterranean Sea. Trade through the overland caravan routes viaAsia Minor and theMiddle East, though at a relative trickle compared to later times, preceded thesouthern trade route via theRed Sea, which started around the beginning of theCommon Era (CE), following the reign ofAugustus andhis conquest ofEgypt in 30 BCE. The southern route so helped enhance trade between the ancientRoman Empire and the Indian subcontinent, that Roman politicians and historians are on record decrying the loss of silver and gold to buy silk to pamper Roman wives, and the southern route grew to eclipse and then totally supplant the overland trade route. Roman and Greek traders frequented theancient Tamil country, present daySouthern India andSri Lanka, securing trade with the seafaringTamil states of thePandyan,Chola andChera dynasties andestablishing trading settlements which secured trade with the Indian subcontinent by theGreco-Roman world since the time of thePtolemaic dynasty a few decades before the start of theCommon Era and remained long after the fall of theWestern Roman Empire. (Full article...) General images
Selected biography -show another.jpg) Ilaiyaraaja in 2017 Ilaiyaraaja (bornGnanathesigan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works inIndian cinema, predominantly inTamil in addition toTelugu,Malayalam,Kannada andHindi films. Regarded as one of the most prolific composers and arguably the best India has ever produced, in a career spanning over forty-nine years, he has composed over 8,600 songs, provided film scores for about 1,523 feature films in nine languages, and performed in over 20,000 concerts. He is nicknamed "Isaignani" (the musical sage) and is often referred to as "Maestro", the title conferred to him by theRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra,London. Ilaiyaraaja was one of the first Indian film composers to useWestern classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music, and is the first Indian, as well as Asian to compose, record, and perform live a full Western classicalsymphony. In 1986, he became the first Indian composer to record a soundtrack with computer for the filmVikram. He also composed and orchestratedThiruvasagam in Symphony (2006) - the first Indianoratorio. (Full article...) Categories Select [►] to view subcategories Select [►] to view subcategories TopicsTamil People Countrywide:India •Sri Lanka •Canada •Malaysia •Singapore •South Africa •England Related Ethnic Groups:Brahui •Gond •Kannadiga •Khonds •Kodava •Oraon •Malayali •Telugus •Tuluvas Related indigenous Groups:Badagas •Toda •Kuruba See also:List of Tamil people,Tamil script,Tamil Script Code for Information Interchange Related portalsWikiProjectsThings to do
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