Land of the Tamils and their rule Thought provoking framework

Land of the Tamils and their rule
Thought provoking framework
for discussion
Version 1
10-Nov-09
By E.Logeswaran, Researcher, e-mail: [email protected]
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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.
3. 50,000 BC: Kumari Kandam civilisation.
Timelines of
Tamil Early
history
4. 20,000 BC: A lost Tamil culture of the Easter Island which had an advanced civilisation.
5. 16,000 BC: Lemuria submerged. (Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumari_Kandam).
Chile
6 6087 BC: Second Tamil Sangam established by a Pandya king.
6.
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 Papua
8. 1780 BC: The Third Tamil Sangam established by a Pandya king.
New Guinea
9. 7th century BC: Tolkappiyam (the earliest known extant Tamil grammar) .
10. Mathivanan claims his interpretation of history is validated by the discovery of the "Jaffna
seal", a seal bearing a Tamil-Brahmi inscription assigned by its excavators to the 3rd century BC
(but claimed
BC). Researcher
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Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangam
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Submerged Kumari Kandam (Tamil Nadu) has been substantiated by:
Silapathikaram, Manimegalai, Tholkappiyam, Purananuru, Kalithokai, Kurunthokai, Kamba
Ramayanam, Iraiyanar Akapporul, Thiruvachagam, Mahavamsa, Mahabharatha; Roman and
Greek maps of – Ptolemy, Pliny, Periplus; other geological proofs of Al-Biruni observations,
Sea level rise; geographical, geological, oceanography proofs
Land of the
Tamils
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Refer: http://bharathgyan.com/kum.htm
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Birth place of Tamil Language and cradle of Tamil Civilisation.
Refer: http://www.scribd.com/doc/13227973/The-Lost-Land-of-Lemuria-FabulousBy E.Logeswaran, Researcher
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Geographies-Catastrophic-Histories
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Tamil Country during the Sangam Age
River Palar
Mamallapuram
Chola
Kingdom
River South Pennar
River Kaveri
Emblems of 3
Tamil Kingdoms
Chera
Musiri
Chera
Kingdom
Uraiyur
Capital)
River Vaigai
Vanchi
((Capital)
p )
Pandiya
g
Kingdom
Kaverippumpattinam
Madurai
(Capital)
River Thamiraparani
Thondi
(Port)
Korkai
(Port)
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Pandiya
Kingdom
Refer: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18353654/Tamil-Nadu-6th-Standard-History
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Pandiya
Kingdom
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Before and after Christ
T il Land
Tamil
L d
India
Tamil Land
Tamils have been living on the
island long before 16,000 BC
(refer Sangam)
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Details of the land mass
connecting Tamil Nadu
and Tamil Eelam and
water flowing
fl i over
30 km long
Land mass
Part of Rameswaram
Tamil Nadu
Sethusamudram
(Sea separating Tamil Nadu and Eelam)
Dhanushkodi
Talaimannar
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Mannar
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Ceylon was part of the land mass of Tamil Nadu. It
g when it
became an island about 7000 yyears ago
physically separated from Tamil Nadu
TTamilil
Nadu
7000 years
ago
Tamil
Nadu
Land
mass
Satellite
map
Tamils
continue
t live
to
li on the
th
island after
the physical
separation from
the land mass of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil
Nadu
Tamils are the indigenous people in Sri Lanka
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Sinhalese says that they are the descendants of
Indian Prince (?) Vijaya who took refugee in the
island 2500 (?) years ago after expelled from India
Part of
Tamil
Nadu
Tamil
Nadu
Tamil king
Elara rule
in 204 BC
Drifting
Vijaya (?)
Vijaya
took refuge
in 543 BC (?)
Buddhism
introduced
in 236 BC (?)
Historians consider that the Vijaya’s arrival in Sri Lanka to be merely a myth
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Saivaites *
S i it *
Saivaites
B ddhi **
Buddhists
Siva
Buddha
Siva
People:
God:
Religion:
Muslims
Tamils
Sinhalese
Allah
Islam
Language (mother tongue):
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Siva
Jesus
B ddh
Buddha
Saivaism
Christianity
Buddhism
Tamil
Sinhala = Tamil + Pali + Sanskrit
(Emerged after 13th century)
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Tamils and Sinhalese are Dravidians
1. Marriage
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King Vijaya was married to a Tamil woman from Madurai
2 Similar
2.
Si il Identity.
Id i 1995,
Dr. R.Jayasekara , Human Genetics unit, Faculty Medicine,
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and his team collected blood
samples in Colombo and surrounding areas from 102 Sinhalese, 100
Tamils,
il 103
03 Burghers,
h
100
00 Muslims
li and
d 103
03 Malays
l
who
h were healthy,
h lh
normal and unrelated individuals. Altogether 608 blood samples were
collected and transported by air to the department of Human
G
Genetics.
ti University
U i
it off New
N
C tl Upon
Castle
U
T
Tyne.
I the
In
th final
fi l analysis,
l i
the Sinhalese and the Tamil Population of Sri Lanka appear to be the
descendants of a single genetic group who had occupied this country
from prehistoric times.
times DNA of Tamil Nadu Tamils is matching the
Eelam Tamils and Sinhalese.
3. Signed treaties in Tamil
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a. 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
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Researcher
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Long before 600 BC there were 7 Tamil
Temples which are shown below
Found 2591 B.C
Maviddapuram
Trincomalee
Mannar
Chilaw
Galle
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Sivanoli Pada Malai
(Sacred mountain of Hindu Tamils)
Tamil God Murukan in Kathirkamam
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Tiruketeeswaram
Tiruketeeswaram is a pre-historic sacred kovil in Manthoddam situated in Mannar District about seven miles north of Mannar town. It is
famous according to legends as the kovil where Ketu Bhagavan worshipped Lord Eeswaram.
Eeswaram Hence this holy shrine acquired the name of
Tiruketeeswaram.
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 five
recognized ‘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 of
remote antiquity, amongst which are the vestiges of an immense tank (Giant Tank) arid the ruins of a former Hindu City, built of birch. The
antiquity
q y of the Hindus,, byy whom,, I humblyy p
presume,, the island was originally
g
yp
peopled,
p , and their civilization at the remotest p
period of
history, 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 the
trade of North Ceylon.
Ceylon ”
B.J. Perera, a reputed historian, wrote: “Although Mahathitha (Mathoddam) is first mentioned in connection with the landing of Vijaya’s
second wife, a royal princess from the Pandyan Kingdom, there is no doubt that it was used as port by the Tamils long before the Aryan
settlement in Ceylon. The existence of the Temple Tiruketheeswaram, the origin of which is not covered by existing records, is an indication
of 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 in
the early centuries of the Christian era. Next we have the references in the Sangam literature of the Tamils describing Mahathitta as a great
port.”
Hugh
g Neville,, another well-known researcher,, said in 1887 on the illustrious cityy of Mathoddam a follows: “A renowned shrine ggrew into
repute there dedicated to one Supreme God symbolized by a single stone, and in later times restored by Vijaya, a Saivaite after lying long in
ruins. 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 holy
waters of the Palavi Tank by its side are venerated in the sacred hymns of the two foremost Saiva saints Tirugnana Sampantar and Sundarar
who lived in the 7th and 8th centuries respectively.
This great
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temple was completely destroyed by the Portuguese
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in the 16thResearcher
century and the very stones of this Temple were used by15them to
build 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 sand
for centuries, were unearthed on the beach in the town of Mahabalipuram, some 70kms south
of Madras by the tsunamis that crashed into southern India 26 December 2004. Photo AFP
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Mahabalipuram, Tamil’s Submerged Temples
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Chola Rule (848 AD – 1279 AD)
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Rajaraja Cholan
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Jaffna Kingdom existed for 403 years
Portuguese landed in Ceylon in 1505
and took 115 years to conquer the
Jaffna Kingdom.
Though the Jaffna Kingdom fell, the
areas to the south called Vanni did not
accept the rule of the Portuguese. It
did not p
payy tribute to the Kandyan
y
Kingdom or to any other kingdom. It
functioned as an autonomous entity.
Although
lh
h at different
diff
times
i
the
h
territory of Eelam came under foreign
rule, it never lost its Tamil Identity.
even its
it borders
b d
remained
i d intact
i t t till
1833.
The Jaffna Kingdom existed with Nallur
as its capital from 1215 AD to 1619 AD.
The following are the names of the
Kings and their period of rule of Tamil
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Reference: Winning Slow Victory in Sri Lanka
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Three Ceylonese Kingdoms
Kandy
K tt
Kotte
Jaffna
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Map drawn in 1681
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1519
1799
Tamil King Sangili
1803
Tamil King Pantara Vanniyan
Jaffna
Kingdom
Kandyan
Kingdom
Kotte
Kingdom
“Two different nations, from a very ancient period, have divided between them the
possession of the island; the Sinhalese inhabiting the interior in its southern and
western parts from the river Wallouwe to Chilaw, and the Malabars (Tamils) who
possess the Northern and Eastern districts. These two nations differ entirely in their
religion, language and manners.” – Sir High Cleghorn – British colonial secretary –
June 1799.
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Map drawn during British Rule
1833
1897
2 Tamil Provinces
2 Tamil provinces
and
d 3 Sinhala
h l
and
d 7 Sinhala
h l
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provinces
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Tamil State
Under British Rule
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Rule from 1500 to 2009
Separate
state
Tamil
Kingdom
2009
Portugese Dutch British
Full
Majority Sinhala Rule
British
Scale
Rule
Tamil Rule War
Non
Built the De
Violent Facto state
Tamil
of Tamil
Freedom
Eelam
S
Struggle
l
Sinhala
Si
h l
Kingdom
1505
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1656 1800
1948
1833
1977
Sri Lanka
Merged
became
the 2
kingdoms independent
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Unitary
State
2006
State within
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a state
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Refer: http://tamilnadumonuments.com/history.html
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Indigenous Tamils are the owners of Ceylon
1.. Tamil
a
literary
te a y work,
o , music
us c and
a d dance
da ce have
a e already
a eady been
bee well
e developed
de e oped 16,000
6,000 BC
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.
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Group representation 1922
25%
Tamils
Federations
within
Ceylon 1938
50%
Sinhalese
25%
Minotrities
Federation
with India &
Eelam 1939
Federation
with India &
Ceylon 1940
Solutions
proposed during
the last 30 years
of the British
Rule from 1918
to 1948
Rejected
Independent Separate Sinhala 1920 Territorial
Eelam 1944
State 1944
Representation
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Independent
Unitary Ceylon
1948
Forced on Tamils
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Solutions proposed between 1948 & 2009
1957 Regional Council
1987 North and East Merged
Provincial Councils
2003 Interim
Self-Governing
Administration
1986 two Provincial Council
in North & Reconstituted
Eastern Province
1983 Provincial Level
Decentralisation
1985 District Council
without Executive
Power
1979 District
Development
Council
1965
District
Council
1970 Autonomous Tamil
State, Muslim State & 3
Sinhala States
1995 Devolution
Package for all the
provinces
All the solutions were rejected or unilaterally abrogated
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1959, 1968,
1976
Separate
State
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Solutions
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Countries with population less than 1,000,000 (1 million)
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Countries with population less than ~ 100,000
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Countries with population less than 10,000
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Population and Area (Square Miles)
C
Country
People
Speaking
T il as Sinhalese
Tamil
Si h l
Mother
Tongue
Eelam, %
Sri Lanka, %
Eelam + Sri Lanka, %
Eelam + Sri Lanka, No
92
8
100
16
84
100
31
69
100
6296366 13920037 20216403
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7532
T l
Total
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17800
25332
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De Facto State of Tamil Eelam
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