The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.s3.1
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.s3.1
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The Tamils have retained more tenaciously than any of their kindred the ancient traditions of the proto-Dravidian race. True, they have written no histories until modern times; but they have preserved a large number of ancient poems relating to the exploits and administration of kings and princes in an age far earlier than the oldest existing literature of their Dravidian neighbours.