Chera, Chola, Pandya: Using Archaeological Evidence to Identify the Tamil Kingdoms of Early Historic South India

S. A. Abraham

DOI:10.1353/asi.2003.0031

Corpus ID: 153420843

Chera, Chola, Pandya: Using Archaeological Evidence to Identify the Tamil Kingdoms of Early Historic South India

@article{Abraham2003CheraCP,
  title={Chera, Chola, Pandya: Using Archaeological Evidence to Identify the Tamil Kingdoms of Early Historic South India},
  author={S. A. Abraham},
  journal={Asian Perspectives},
  year={2003},
  volume={42},
  pages={207 - 223}
}

S. A. Abraham

Published 2003

History

Asian Perspectives

For the southern Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the most important documentary source for information on early South Indian culture is a body of prose poetry known as the Sangam anthology. These indigenous texts date to the first few centuries A.D. and comprise the earliest extant examples of Tamil literature. Not surprisingly, this is also the period to which can be traced the first indications of the concept of a "Tamil" identity in South India. Archaeologically, the Tamil Sangam era… CONTINUE READING

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