CHENNAI: Ancient Tamil kingdoms will soon figure on tourism map with the State tourism department chalking out a new heritage tourism circuit, in an effort to provide insight into three great ...

India's ancient kingdoms have left an indelible mark on the country's cultural and architectural landscape. Spanning centuries, these kingdoms built monuments, temples, palaces, and forts that ...

The Cholas were one of the three most powerful Tamil kingdoms in medieval southern India. At the empire’s zenith, Chola kings invested in art, literature, education, and architecture.

Some of these minor kingdoms, mentioned in ancient texts, left no archaeological ... the Kalabhras disappeared so completely that their rule is often referred to as the "dark age" of Tamil Nadu. 3.

The thriving town, according to ancient Tamil-language texts, was "kodalkol" — "swallowed by the sea." Perhaps, archaeologists and historians thought, the seawater had gradually risen. Or, some ...

Pandyan Empire: The Pandyan dynasty, also known as Pandyas of Madurai, was an ancient Tamil dynasty and among the three great kingdoms of Tamilakam, the other two being the Cholas and the Cheras.

Our history books offer little to read about ancient Tamil kingdoms such as the Cholas which are much in discussion now. With Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan I, based on Kalki’s wonderful ...