Talk:Sangam period

Attempted cleanup

I tried my best. I couldn't. Would appreciate if someone could spend a bit of time cleaning this up. cheers

Parthi (Venu62)

What is the source for the Tamil months? Are they Tamil months? I know of another set (other than Chitirai-vaikaasi-aani set, but the ones given here look different from the one I know. Further I'm not sure of the reference for my set). --Aadal 20:52, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Parthi:

 I read it in a book that the months are correct. Days in any month is depending on how long earth stays in a sign. That is the reason some time month like Eyyann (Aadi) has 31 or 32 days and Panmizh or Silai (Maarkazi) has 29 or 30 days. This is concepts of to helio-centric and the months are identified by the first star group on the sign. I'm unable to tell the book name; will update it once I go to Chennai.

Details of the Lords of each landscape - thinais , could have been useful. 121.247.87.206 20:20, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Hindu principals? Even though in some literature there are some reference to some of Hindu principles there is not sufficient enough information to say this. needed more information on it. esp since the older literaute are not talking more about Hindu principles, but more about socity.

Ancient Tamil country

The article is looking good so far, but still is a stub in its early stages. The ancient Tamil country is also known as Tamilakam in Tamil - and comprised of a distinct country of different royal dynasties. An article on this Tamil country, detailing specifics about the culture and history, its contributions, and way of life on this land and of its people is essential and hugely valuable. I've added that another term for this is Tamilakam and will add more to the article later. Good work. Wubbabubba 20:55, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Proofs

This article making claims of an non-existence tamil kingdom in north and east of SL.. while admitting the fact several successful invasions were carried out by the southern indian kingdoms during the said period, I am not sure how that would make east and north SL a tamil country !! There are no historical evidences to prove there were significant number of tamil people in the east and north, and if anything I can prove easily that tamil inscriptions didn't even exist in SL till the 11 th century !! And even that was a code of conducts, issued by the great Sinhalese king Parakramabahu To the south indian merchants.Not for local tamils!! I have asked for citations 3 months ago, and I am yet to get them..Either those remarks should be deleted or OR tag should be kept..But having said that, I am not saying all the contents in the article is OR, esp I am not disputing what the article say about Ancient tamil country in India. Thanks .Iwazaki ^{会話。討論} 03:08, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

truth. search it ! tell it! 07:37, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Sir I would like to request two objectives. First, please Capitalize the first letters of the words 'Tamil' and 'Indian'. If not this action will hurt millions of people from India. More over these words are proper nouns and should be written with capitalization of first letter.

Second, please put forward your proofs to disprove the particular issue/topic/subject. Thanking you

truth. search it ! tell it! 07:37, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

[1]. RIP. Sembiyan (talk) 00:23, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Merging Ancient Tamil Country with Tamilakam

Tamilakam only means Tamil country. Ancient Tamil Country topic needs special attention and need not be merged with Tamilakam.

Agree Taprobanus (talk) 17:04, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Name

this article appears to be discussing the ancient history of South India. "Ancient Tamil country" appears to be a literal translation of Tamilakam, with an "ancient" tagged in front of it. It doesn't strike me as good English, and inasmuch as it is used in quotable literature, it seems to refer to the concept of Tamilakam within Sangam period Tamil texts rather than to the ancient history of the region in general. Maybe we can find a better title. --dab (𒁳) 09:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I come to the conclusion that this article should best be titled "Sangam period", i.e. the historical period, as opposed to the Tamil Sangams (assemblies) themselves, and the Sangam literature of the period, or simply "ancient history of South India" (presently a section redirect). "Ancient Tamil country" is used rarely in serious literature, and if at all, it appears, exclusively by Tamil authors. I get all of 9 hits for the term on jstor.org, about half of them in works on topics like "ancient Tamil music" by Tamil authors, and the other half in books reviews, which give direct quotes to illustrate particularly horrible passages in the books reviewed. We can certainly state "also referred to as 'ancient Tamil country' by Tamil authors", but that's about as far as the notability of this term appears to go. --dab (𒁳) 10:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Clarification sought

I believe that not many people in the state of Andhra Pradesh would know much about "Sangam Period" and "Tamilakam" which were believed to exist between 3rd century B.C and 3rd century A.D and Andhra Pradesh was part of them as the article stated. Interestingly the areas included were VaeLaavi Nadu( Vaengi)- Krishna and Guntur districts, Payalanadu( Vaiyaavi)- Anantapur etc, Vellimalai - North and West of Thirupathi , Vaengada Nadu - Rayalaseema dt ,Pungi Nadu - West Chittoor dt, Mazhampula Nadu -South of Kalahasthi up to Pulicat , Pulli Nadu - South East coast of Andhra Pradesh. Did these places exist in "Sangam Period" in Andhra region between 3rd century B.C and 3rd century A.D ? Who among Chola,Pandya and Chera kings ruled? Please Clarify on these with proper citations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.57.81.121 (talk) 07:41, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

List of kingdoms and states

I moved the list from the article to talk because these lists are unclear and unreferenced. RJFJR (talk) 20:09, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Naanjil(1)- in the present Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.
• Pothigai (Aai) nadu(2)- the Cardamom hills and Palani hills of Southwest Tamil Nadu.
• Kaandhal KuRa Nadu(3)- TenKasi and Kutrraalam, Thirunelvaeli dt.
• Koadai malai(4)- Kodaikkanal, Dindigul dt.
• Malai Nadu(5)- the Anaimalai Range in Kerala.
• Evvi's Needoor-Mizhalai (6)- Pudukottai district in TN.
• Parampu malai(7)- West Namakkal dt.
• Thoandri malai(8)- Pachchai malai,Perambalur dt.
• MuLLur Nadu and capital ThirukKoilur (9)- West Vizhuppuram, West Thiruvannamalai dt's.
• Kolli malai nadu (10) - East Namakkal dt.
• Oaymaan Nadu (11) in the Aruva Nadu and Aruva vadathalai nadu region- East Thirvannamalai and East Vellore dt.
• Punnaadu(12)- East Thiruvannamalai dt.
• VaaNar Nadu(13)- West Vellore and Chittor dt's.
• ThoNdai Nadu (14)- Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur dt's.
• Mukkaaval Nadu (15) - Vellore dt.
• Kaankezhu Nadu (16) or Thirumunaippadi- East Vizhuppuram dt.
• Mudhira malai (17)- Chennai dt.
• Athigan Nadu(18) and its capital Thagadur- Dharmapuri dt.
• Kudhirai malai(19)- West Dharmapuri and East Mandya dt's.
• Payalanadu( Vaiyaavi )(20)- Krishnagiri, Kolar, Anantpur, Bellary dt's.
• VaeLaavi Nadu( Vaengi )(21)-Krishna and Guntur dts.
• Vellimalai(22)- North and West of Thirupathi.
• Vaengada Nadu(23) - Rayalaseema dt.
• Pungi Nadu (24)- West Chittoor dt.
• Mazhampula Nadu (25)- South of Kalahasthi up to Pulicat.
• Pulli Nadu (26) - South East coast of A.P.
• Erumai Nadu (27)- Central and Northwest Mysore dt.
• VeLimaan Nadu (28)-West Mysore
• Oonoor Kosar (29)- Raichur dt.
• Idaichchura Nadu (30) - Raichur dt.
• Irungoe Nadu or Araiya Nadu(31) and Citraraiyam and Paeraraiyam forts- Tumkur and Chitradurga dt's.
• Vichchikoe Nadu(32)- North of Ooty dt.
• Thoatti malai (33) -Ooty dt.
• Kuda Nadu or SengaNmaa Nadu (34) - Coorg dt.
• Kuttuva Nadu (35)- North Malbar dt.
• Cera Paayal malai (36) - North Malabar dt.
• Kadamba Nadu (37) -Hangal, Hampi(Banavasi), Uchchangi,Dharwar dt's and KoNkan coast up to Goa.
• KoNkaana Nadu (38)- Southwest Maharashtra's KoNkan coast, north of Goa.
• Malli Nadu (39)- Udipi dt.
• Karuvoor Chera Nadu (40)- West Karur dt.
• Kongu Nadu (41)- In the present day Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Nilagiri dists of Tamil Nadu.(In Olden days included parts of Southern Karnataka and Eastern Kerala)

Cities

• Naalai city state(41)- Nanguneri, Thirunelveli dt.
• Poandhai city state(42)- Kulachchal, Kanyakumari dt.
• Koodalpattinam- Tootukudi dt.
• Eyilpattinam- North coastal Ramanathapuram dt.
• Pidavoor- Thuraiyur tk., Thiruchchi dt.
• Sirukudi- Thiruchchi dt.
• Kaanappaereyil- North Sivagangai dt.
• Azhunthur(43) - South Salem dt.
• Moagur (44) - South East Naamakkal dt.
• Pazhai Nadu- East Karur and South Namakkal dt's.
• Vallaar- North Pudukottai dt.
• Aali- North Thanjaavoor dt.
• Cellur- North Bangalore dt.
• Eernthur- North Thiruchi dt.

SriSuren's sources are unreliable.

V.Kanakasabhai's information is clearly outdated. If your read some of the paragraphs it clear that he is completely biased and ignorant of Tamil presence on the island of Sri Lanka. He claims the Nagar tribes to have only inhabited Tamil Nadu forgetting the CLEAR the Naga culture of the Sri Lankan Tamils today. He also claims that Northern races were "superior" and the "Aryans"(non-existant and proven wrong) had learned writing from the Nagas. Which is clear B.S because scripts had derived from Brahmi in the Indian Subcontinent where the Tamil script of the "nagas" had developed much later. SriSuren also claims the limits of Tamilakam on behalf of Kanakasabhai's book however you are also forgetting that Kanakasabhai had claimed a placed known as "Manipallavam" which is located in today's Jaffna Peninsula also written in the same book. I am not sure if everything in this book is fabricated or biased however as you can see the clear examples I have provided above prove that this source cannot be used on Wikipedia because it is simply unreliable until further notice. (Tamilan101 (talk) 22:17, 6 May 2012 (UTC))

I find the whole article and map baseless

Is this a clean article ? 182.48.204.40 (talk) 19:02, 2 October 2012 (UTC)