Aintām Ulakat Tamiḻ Mānāṭu-Karuttaraṅku Āyvuk Kaṭṭuraikaḷ

alphabet alvali alveolar nasals ancient Tamil artist Aryan Bharata Brahmi called caste century A.D. Chola Cola colour consonant culture dance depicted developed dialects drama Dravidian languages drum English enru evidence expression Figure goddess grammar Harappan Hindu History Ibid ideogram Indian Indus Script inscriptions instrument Jalan Japanese Karnataka king Kualalumpur Kural kuttu letters linguistic Madras Madurai Malaysia meaning mentioned modern mudras Mysore nasal Nayak noun occur original paintings Pallava Pandiya Pandyan performance period phonetic Pillai plays poets present Prof Proto-Dravidian Rajaraja referred region rulers sandhi Sangam age Sangam literature Sanskrit scholars sculptures sentences Silappadikaram Sittannavasal Siva songs South India Sri Lanka stage strings suffix symbols Talam Tamil country Tamil language Tamil literature Tamil Nadu Tamil script Tamil Studies Tanjavur temple Terukkuttu texts Thiru tion Tirukkural Tolkappiyam tradition University Valluvar verb verse viinha vowel words yaaL