Tamil literature

South-Indian Literature by language Sage Agastya, Chairman of the first Tamil Sangam, Madurai, Pandiya Kingdom. Statue in Tamil Thai temple, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. Indian literature Ancient Ancient Meitei Pali Prakrit Sanskrit Tamil Tamil Sangam Vedic Sanskrit Early Medieval Bengali Kannada (Extinct Kannada) Malayalam Odia Telugu Kashmiri Medieval to early Modern Assamese Awadhi Braj Bhojpuri English Gujarati Hindi Kokborok Konkani Maithili Marathi Meitei Mizo Nepali Punjabi Rajasthani Sindhi Urdu vte Tamil literature includes a collection of literary works that have come from a tradition spanning more than two thousand years. The oldest extant works show signs of maturity indicating an even longer period of evolution. Contributors to the Tamil literature are mainly from Tamil people from south India, including the land now comprising Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Eelam Tamils from Sri Lanka, as well as the Tamil diaspora. The history of Tamil literature follows the history of Tamil Nadu, closely following the social, economical, political and cultural trends of various periods. The early Sangam literature, dated before 300 BCE, contain anthologies of various poets dealing with many aspects