The following is a chronological overview of the history of the

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Pre-Sangam period

Sangam age

Post-Sangam period

Pallava and Pandya

Chola period

Chola to Pandya transition

Pandiya revival and Muslim rule

Vijayanagar and Nayak period

East India Company

British rule

Post independence period

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 - India's Long Ride to Independence, Jonathan Cape, London, 1997

External links

''Tamil Sentiment''. Tamil shrines, Tamil culture, the history of Tamils, by Kavi Yogi Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati
* Historical Atlas of South India-Timeline-http://www.ifpindia.org/Historical-Atlas-of-South-India-Timeline.html (

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) * Codrington, Humphry William, A Short History of Lanka * Veluppillai, Prof. A., Religious Traditions of the Tamils http://tamilelibrary.org/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Chronology Of Tamil History

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