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Land of the Tamils and their rule

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10-Nov-09 1By E.Logeswaran, Researcher, e-mail: [email protected]

1. 200,000 to 50,000 BC: Evolution of "the Tamilian or Homo Dravida"

2. 200,000 to 100,000 BC: Beginning of the Tamil language.

Timelines of Tamil Early

3. 50,000 BC: Kumari Kandam civilisation.

4. 20,000 BC: A lost Tamil culture of the Easter Island which had an advanced civilisation.

history

5. 16,000 BC: Lemuria submerged. (Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumari_Kandam).

6 6087 BC: Second Tamil Sangam established by a Pandya king

Chile

6. 6087 BC: Second Tamil Sangam established by a Pandya king.

7. 3031 BC: A Chera prince in his wanderings in the Solomon Islands saw wild sugarcane and started cultivation in Kumari Kandam. East of Papua8. 1780 BC: The Third Tamil Sangam established by a Pandya king.

9. 7th century BC: Tolkappiyam (the earliest known extant Tamil grammar) .

East of Papua New Guinea

10-Nov-09 By E.Logeswaran, Researcher 2

10. Mathivanan claims his interpretation of history is validated by the discovery of the "Jaffnaseal", a seal bearing a Tamil-Brahmi inscription assigned by its excavators to the 3rd century BC(but claimed by Mathivanan to date to 1600 BC).

10-Nov-09 3By E.Logeswaran, ResearcherRefer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangam

Silapathikaram, Manimegalai, Tholkappiyam, Purananuru, Kalithokai, Kurunthokai, KambaRamayanam, Iraiyanar Akapporul, Thiruvachagam, Mahavamsa, Mahabharatha; Roman and

Submerged Kumari Kandam (Tamil Nadu) has been substantiated by:

Ramayanam, Iraiyanar Akapporul, Thiruvachagam, Mahavamsa, Mahabharatha; Roman andGreek maps of – Ptolemy, Pliny, Periplus; other geological proofs of Al-Biruni observations,Sea level rise; geographical, geological, oceanography proofs

Land of the Tamils

10-Nov-09 By E.Logeswaran, Researcher 4Refer: http://bharathgyan.com/kum.htm

Birth place of Tamil Language and cradle of Tamil Civilisation.

10-Nov-09 By E.Logeswaran, Researcher 5Refer: http://www.scribd.com/doc/13227973/The-Lost-Land-of-Lemuria-Fabulous-

Geographies-Catastrophic-Histories

Tamil Country during the Sangam Age

Mamallapuram

River South Pennar

River PalarChola

Kingdom

River Kaveri

River South PennarKingdom

KaverippumpattinamMusiri

UraiyurEmblems of 3

CheraKingdom Capital)

MaduraiVanchi

River VaigaiTamil Kingdoms

Chera PandiyaKingdom(Capital)

(Capital)

ThondiRiver Thamiraparani

g( p )

(Port)

Korkai(Port)

Pandiya


PandiyaKingdom

(Port) Kingdom

Refer: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18353654/Tamil-Nadu-6th-Standard-History

Before and after Christ

IndiaT il L d IndiaTamil Land

Tamil LandTamil Land

Tamils have been living on theTamils have been living on the island long before 16,000 BC

(refer Sangam)

10-Nov-09 7By E.Logeswaran, Researcher

Details of the land massDetails of the land mass connecting Tamil Nadu and Tamil Eelam and

fl iwater flowing over30 km long

Sethusamudram

RameswaramPart of Tamil Nadu

30 km long Land mass

Dhanushkodi

(Sea separating Tamil Nadu and Eelam)

Talaimannar

Mannar10-Nov-09 8By E.Logeswaran, Researcher

Ceylon was part of the land mass of Tamil Nadu. It became an island about 7000 years ago when it y g

physically separated from Tamil Nadu

T ilSatellite

Tamil Nadu

map

Tamils continue

t li thto live on the island after the physical 7000 years

ago separation from the land mass of

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

ago

LandTamil Nadu

Land mass

Tamils are the indigenous people in Sri Lanka10-Nov-09 9By E.Logeswaran, Researcher

Sinhalese says that they are the descendants of Indian Prince (?) Vijaya who took refugee in theIndian Prince (?) Vijaya who took refugee in the

island 2500 (?) years ago after expelled from India

Tamil Nadu

Part of Tamil Nadu

Tamil king Elara rule in 204 BC

Vijaya BuddhismVijaya took refuge in 543 BC (?)

Buddhismintroduced

in 236 BC (?) Drifting Vijaya (?)

Historians consider that the Vijaya’s arrival in Sri Lanka to be merely a myth10-Nov-09 10By E.Logeswaran, Researcher

Saivaites *

S i it * B ddhi **

Siva

Saivaites * Buddhists **

Buddha

Tamils Sinhalese

Siva

MuslimsPeople: ?

AllahSiva Jesus B ddh

God:

BuddhismSaivaismIslam Christianity

Siva Jesus Buddha

Religion:

TamilSinhala = Tamil + Pali + Sanskrit

(Emerged after 13th century)Language (mother tongue):


1 Marriage

Tamils and Sinhalese are Dravidians1. MarriageKing Vijaya was married to a Tamil woman from Madurai

2 Si il Id i2. Similar Identity. 1995, Dr. R.Jayasekara , Human Genetics unit, Faculty Medicine,University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and his team collected bloodsamples in Colombo and surrounding areas from 102 Sinhalese, 100

il 03 h 00 li d 03 l h h l hTamils, 103 Burghers, 100 Muslims and 103 Malays who were healthy,normal and unrelated individuals. Altogether 608 blood samples werecollected and transported by air to the department of HumanG ti U i it f N C tl U T I th fi l l iGenetics. University of New Castle Upon Tyne. In the final analysis,the Sinhalese and the Tamil Population of Sri Lanka appear to be thedescendants of a single genetic group who had occupied this countryfrom prehistoric times DNA of Tamil Nadu Tamils is matching the

3 Signed treaties in Tamil

from prehistoric times. DNA of Tamil Nadu Tamils is matching theEelam Tamils and Sinhalese.

3. Signed treaties in Tamila. The king of Kotte, Bhuvanehabahu VII, signed the treaty with the Portuguese in Tamil


b. One of the Kandiyan Chieftains, Ratwatta Disawa, the ancestor of Srimao Bandaranayake, signed the treaty in Tamil

Long before 600 BC there were 7 Tamil Temples which are shown belowTemples which are shown below

Found 2591 B.C

Trincomalee

Maviddapuram

Chilaw

TrincomaleeMannar

Galle

Sivanoli Pada Malai(Sacred mountain of Hindu Tamils)

Tamil God Murukan in Kathirkamam


Tiruketeeswaram is a pre-historic sacred kovil in Manthoddam situated in Mannar District about seven miles north of Mannar town. It isfamous according to legends as the kovil where Ketu Bhagavan worshipped Lord Eeswaram Hence this holy shrine acquired the name of

Tiruketeeswaramfamous according to legends as the kovil where Ketu Bhagavan worshipped Lord Eeswaram. Hence this holy shrine acquired the name ofTiruketeeswaram.

According to Dr. Paul E. Peiris, an erudite scholar and historian, “long before the arrival of Vijaya (6th century B.C.) there was in Lanka fiverecognized ‘Eeswararns’ of Siva, which claimed and received adoration of all India. These were Tiruketheeswaram near Mahathitha,Munneswaram, Thondeswaram, Tirukoneswaram and Naguleswaram.

The celebrated historian J.W. Bennet wrote (1843): “At Mantotte the antiquarian will find a field for research in the still extant remains ofremote antiquity, amongst which are the vestiges of an immense tank (Giant Tank) arid the ruins of a former Hindu City, built of birch. Theantiquity of the Hindus, by whom, I humbly presume, the island was originally peopled, and their civilization at the remotest period ofq y , y , y p , g y p p , phistory, are recognized by all the ancient Eastern Philosophers.”

Another well-known historian, Cassie Chetty, had this to say: “Manthoddam was a center of international trade. Greeks, Romans,Phoenicians, Arabs, Ethiopians, Persians, Chinese, Japanese, Burmese and others vied with each other at various times to monopolise thetrade of North Ceylon ”trade of North Ceylon.

B.J. Perera, a reputed historian, wrote: “Although Mahathitha (Mathoddam) is first mentioned in connection with the landing of Vijaya’ssecond wife, a royal princess from the Pandyan Kingdom, there is no doubt that it was used as port by the Tamils long before the Aryansettlement in Ceylon. The existence of the Temple Tiruketheeswaram, the origin of which is not covered by existing records, is an indicationof the antiquity of the port. Indeed Mahathitta is the only port in the Island which can be called a buried city. Mahathittha was a great port inthe early centuries of the Christian era. Next we have the references in the Sangam literature of the Tamils describing Mahathitta as a greatport.”

Hugh Neville, another well-known researcher, said in 1887 on the illustrious city of Mathoddam a follows: “A renowned shrine grew intog , , y grepute there dedicated to one Supreme God symbolized by a single stone, and in later times restored by Vijaya, a Saivaite after lying long inruins. The temple was dedicate as Tiru - Kethes - Waram.”

This kovil, dedicated to the worship of the Supreme God Siva, has been the most venerated temple for centuries. This Temple and the holywaters of the Palavi Tank by its side are venerated in the sacred hymns of the two foremost Saiva saints Tirugnana Sampantar and Sundararwaters of the Palavi Tank by its side are venerated in the sacred hymns of the two foremost Saiva saints Tirugnana Sampantar and Sundararwho lived in the 7th and 8th centuries respectively.

This great temple was completely destroyed by the Portuguese in the 16th century and the very stones of this Temple were used by them tobuild the fort at Mannar, the churches and also the Hammershield Fort at Kayts.


Priceless relics of an ancient Tamil civilisation, including two granite lions, buried under sandfor centuries, were unearthed on the beach in the town of Mahabalipuram, some 70kms southof Madras by the tsunamis that crashed into southern India 26 December 2004. Photo AFP


Mahabalipuram, Tamil’s Submerged Temples


Chola Rule (848 AD – 1279 AD)

10-Nov-09 By E.Logeswaran, Researcher 18Rajaraja Cholan

Portuguese landed in Ceylon in 1505

Jaffna Kingdom existed for 403 years

and took 115 years to conquer theJaffna Kingdom.

Though the Jaffna Kingdom fell, theThough the Jaffna Kingdom fell, theareas to the south called Vanni did notaccept the rule of the Portuguese. Itdid not pay tribute to the Kandyanp y yKingdom or to any other kingdom. Itfunctioned as an autonomous entity.

l h h diff i hAlthough at different times theterritory of Eelam came under foreignrule, it never lost its Tamil Identity.

it b d i d i t t tilleven its borders remained intact till1833.

The Jaffna Kingdom existed with Nalluras its capital from 1215 AD to 1619 AD.

The following are the names of theKings and their period of rule of Tamil


Kings and their period of rule of TamilEelam:-

Reference: Winning Slow Victory in Sri Lanka

Three Ceylonese Kingdoms

Kandy K tt

Jaffna

Kandy Kotte

Jaffna

10-Nov-09 20Map drawn in 1681 By E.Logeswaran, Researcher

1519Tamil King Sangili Tamil King Pantara Vanniyan

18031799

Jaffna Kingdom

KandyanKingdomKingdom

KKotteKingdom

“Two different nations, from a very ancient period, have divided between them thepossession of the island; the Sinhalese inhabiting the interior in its southern andwestern parts from the river Wallouwe to Chilaw, and the Malabars (Tamils) whopossess the Northern and Eastern districts. These two nations differ entirely in theirreligion, language and manners.” – Sir High Cleghorn – British colonial secretary –


June 1799.

1833 1897Map drawn during British Rule

2 Tamil Provinces d h l

2 Tamil provinces d h land 3 Sinhala

provincesand 7 Sinhala

provinces10-Nov-09 22By E.Logeswaran, Researcher

Tamil State Under British Rule


Rule from 1500 to 2009 Separate state

Tamil KingdomKingdom

Portugese Dutch British British Majority Sinhala Rule Full Scale

2009

Si h l

Portugese Dutch British BritishRule

Non Built the De

Tamil Rule Scale War Unitary

StateSinhala Kingdom

Violent Tamil

Freedom S l

Facto state of Tamil Eelam

1505 1656 1800 1833 1948Merged Sri Lanka

Struggle

1977 2006Merged

the 2 kingdoms

Sri Lanka became

independent State within a state10-Nov-09 24By E.Logeswaran, Researcher


Refer: http://tamilnadumonuments.com/history.html

Indigenous Tamils are the owners of Ceylon

1. Tamil literary work, music and dance have already been well developed 16,000 BC. a te a y o , us c a d da ce a e a eady bee e de e oped 6,000 C

2. 7000 years ago Ceylon has been the land mass of Tamil Land in India

3. Long before 600 BC six Eeswaram Tamil Temples have been worshiped in Ceylon


4. DNA of Tamil Nadu Tamils is matching the Eelam Tamils and Sinhalese.

Group representation 1922 Solutions proposed during

50% Sinhalese

25% Minotrities

25% Tamils

proposed during the last 30 years

of the BritishFederation

with India & Federations

within Federation

with India &

of the British Rule from 1918

Ceylon 1940Ceylon 1938 Eelam 1939 to 1948

Rejected

Independent

Rejected

1920 Territorial Independent Separate Sinhala

Independent Unitary Ceylon

1948RepresentationEelam 1944 State 1944

Forced on Tamils10-Nov-09 By E.Logeswaran, Researcher 28

1957 Regional CouncilSolutions proposed between 1948 & 2009

1985 District Council without Executive

Power

1986 two Provincial Council in North & Reconstituted

Eastern Province

1987 North and East Merged Provincial Councils

1979 District Development

Council

1983 Provincial Level Decentralisation

2003 Interim Self-Governing Administration

1965 DistrictCouncil

Council

Council

1970 Autonomous Tamil State, Muslim State & 3

1995 Devolution Package for all the

1959, 1968, 1976

Sinhala States provinces Separate StateAll the solutions were rejected or unilaterally abrogated


Solutions


Countries with population less than 1,000,000 (1 million)


Countries with population less than ~ 100,000


Countries with population less than 10,000

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Population and Area (Square Miles)

C

People Speaking T il Si h l T l

7532 Country Tamil as

Mother Tongue

Sinhalese Total

Eelam, % 92 8 100Sri Lanka, % 16 84 100

17800

Eelam + Sri Lanka, % 31 69 100Eelam + Sri Lanka, No 6296366 13920037 20216403

2533225332


De Facto State of Tamil Eelam


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