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Sri Hartamas (Golden Estates in English) is an affluent residential township in the Segambut constituency of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The zip and postal code is 50480 or 51200.
He further postulates that it indicates the presence of a Tamil trade guild in Southern Sri Lanka in the 2nd century BCE. [2] Ragupathy (2010) also read it as Tirali Muri but interpreted as a vessel specified for the purpose of serving rice portions. He postulates that it indicates the presence of common people not a trade guild. [3]
Tamil inscriptions in caves, Mangulam, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, 3rd century BCE. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] There are five caves in the hill of which six inscriptions are found in four caves. [ 16 ] The inscriptions mentions that workers of Nedunchezhiyan I , a Pandyan king of Sangam period, (c. 270 BCE) made stone beds for Jain monks.
Tamil inscriptions in Sri Lanka date from the centuries before Christ [1] to the modern era. The vast majority of inscriptions date to the centuries following the 10th century AD, and were issued under the reigns of both Tamil and Sinhala rulers alike. [ 2 ]
The Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription, a fragment of black and red ware flat dish inscribed in Tamil in the Tamil Brahmi script was excavated at the earliest layer in the town. [1] [2] The large, artificial Tissa Wewa lake, which was a part of an irrigation system, dates from that time. The five main nearby lakes are Tissa Wewa; Yoda Wewa ...
"Ancient Tamil coins from Sri Lanka". Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies. XVII (2): 147– 156. Mahadevan, Iravatham (2003). Early Tamil epigraphy from the earliest times to the sixth century A.D. Harvard University Press. Mukund, Kanakalatha (1999). The Trading World of the Tamil Merchant. Orient Longman, Hyderabad. ISBN 978-81-250-1661-8.
Indian Tamils had been lumped together with Sri Lankan Tamils for the Sri Lankan Census from 1871 to 1901. Since 1911, Indian Tamils have been shown as a separate group, and revealed Indian Tamils constituting 12.9% of the total population, whereas Sri Lankan Tamils, who had lived in the country for centuries prior had a lesser population of 12.8%.
Pages in category "Sri Lankan Tamil history" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...