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Tamil Heritage in south India has more than 2000 years history, Tamil culture with a
continuous literary tradition more than 2500 years old. With 80 million speakers, Tamil is one of the few languages besides Greek
that is both classical and modern. This Tamil history Video essay outlines in images and music the development of
the rich Tamil culture and writing systems. The origins of its earliest written script, found on cave walls, is a mystery. Some say
it descends from the still undeciphered Indus script used 4000 years ago in modern Pakistan and northwestern India and that the Indus
people spoke Dravidian, ancestral to Tamil. Tamil Ancient history can be tracked BC 300 through many ancient literatures
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The Archaeology Channel ( www.archaeologychannel.org ), a non-profit, streaming media channel for archaeology-related content,
founded by the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), Eugene, Oregon, USA, is webcasting Part 1, produced and directed by M. V.
Bhaskar and co-directed by K. T. Gandhirajan. This video cover Antediluvean myth, the art of interpretation (tinai), epochs of
poetry, Brahmi caves, Asokan Brahmi, Vatteluttu, Grantham, modern Tamil script, ancient petroglyphs, Indus script, Jaina
influence and medieval Hinduism are the broad themes explored.
There are performances in the video, each good enough to stand on its own without the rest of the video - an Amba or Temmangu
style rendition of Silappadikaram by Poompuhar Sellakkunju at the confluence of Kaveri and Bay of Bengal, Silappadikaram in
classical dance ballet by Sreelatha Vinod, a 'numerical' prayer by the devotees of Mel Sittamur Jinalayam, Tirumurai by
Tiruppanantal Tyagaraja Oduvar and instrumental performances (Bugiri, Kuval) by Karikkiyur Irulas. The video is a "successful
conversion of a verbal and emotive content into a captivating visual and aural content", says E. Annamalai.
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