Chronology of Tamil history

The following is a chronological overview of the history of the Tamil people, who trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian union territory of Puducherry, the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka and the Puttalam District of Sri Lanka. == Pre-Sangam period == == Sangam age == == Post-Sangam period == == Pallava and Pandya == == Chola period == == Chola to Pandya transition == == Pandiya revival and Muslim rule == == Tenkasi Pandyas, Vijayanagar and Nayak period == == East India Company == == British rule == == Post-independence period == == See also == History of Tamil Nadu Tamil culture Tamil diaspora == 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.

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