[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929) › c5.6 # The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c5.6 The Pāṇḍyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c5.6 - **Language:** English ### [c5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c5.6) ¹ See \*Tamil Studies\*, pp. 193-5; Kanakasabhai (p. 52) no doubt much overrated the attainments of Dravidians (and traced them to China!) while Caldwell (\*Comparative Grammar\*, pp. 113-4) is nearer the truth. Dr. Slater's book on ‘Dravidian Elements’ betrays many signs of an utter misreading of the story of Indian culture. The attempted reconstruction of a pre-Aryan Tamil Polity before the days of Agastya has not been a success. See, however, Senāthi-Rāja in \*J.R.A.S.\*, 1887, pp. 558 ff. and the \*Tamilian\* - [Previous: c5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c5.5) - [Next: c5.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c5.s1.1) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c5.6) · Pramāṇa