
Archaeological excavations and material culture.The sources for reconstructing the history of the ancient Tamils are: Sources for the study of early Tamil society In this lesson, we will learn about the development of Tamil culture in the Early Historic Period also known as the Sangam Age.In the unit one, we studied the cultural developments in the Tamil region from the prehistoric period to the beginning of the Iron Age.The Tamil Brahmi script was adopted to write the Tamil language.Coins and currency came into circulation.


The resulting cultural and mercantile activities and internal developments led to urbanization in this region.As seafaring people, Tamil traders and sailors established commercial and cultural links across the seas and merchants from foreign territories also visited the Tamil region.Tamil civilization, as we have seen, begins atleast three centuries before the Common Era (CE).
