Caucasus and the Tamils

Authors

  • Sendil Murugesan Madurai Kamaraj University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62343/cjss.2015.142

Keywords:

Tamil Culture, Greek Influence, Georgian Origins, Cultural Evolution, Anatolian Migration

Abstract

Tamils constitute the Indo-Dravidian races of South India. Ancient foreign contacts with the Tamils are well documented in the works of Strabo, Megasthenes, Sangam anthology Aganaanooru. This research article proposes that Tamil civilization is based on the Graeco-Colchic and Armenian ones. The exodus of people from Cappadocia, Colchis and Cilicia provided the majority of settlers in Tamil Nadu. The Georgian origin of the Tamil script attains significance in view of the fact that Tamil is the focal point from which Dravidian languages have diverged. The community pattern of the ancient Tamils resembled the Greek model with Panar, Idaiyar groups being prevalent on both sides. The Caucasian ancestral origin of the Tamils makes them possibly the lone surviving group of Indo European races in South India.

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Published

31.12.2015

How to Cite

Murugesan, S. (2015). Caucasus and the Tamils. Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences, 8(1), 11–28. https://doi.org/10.62343/cjss.2015.142

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Research papers

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