The ancient Tamil music is the historical predecessor of the Carnatic music during the Sangam period spanning from 500 BCE to 200 CE. Many poems of the...

period or age (Tamil: சங்ககாலம், caṅkakālam), particularly referring to the third Sangam period, is the period of the history of ancient Tamil Nadu and Kerala...

classical Tamil literature of the early common era, were set to music. There are various references to this ancient musical tradition found in the ancient Sangam...

constitutes one of the two foundational elements of Indian music. Tala is an ancient music concept traceable to Vedic era texts of Hinduism, such as the...

The Tamil Sangams (Tamil: சங்கம் caṅkam, Old Tamil 𑀘𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀫𑁆, from Sanskrit saṅgha) were assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets that, according to...

Contributors to the Tamil literature are mainly from Tamil people from south India, including the land now comprising Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Eelam Tamils from Sri Lanka...

Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. It is one of two main subgenres of Indian classical music that evolved from ancient Hindu texts and traditions...

usually reserved for metal.[page needed] Ancient Tamil works, such as the Cilappatikaram, describe a system of music, and a 7th-century Pallava inscription...

Tamilakam (Tamil: தமிழகம், romanized: Tamiḻakam) was the geographical region inhabited by the ancient Tamil people, covering the southernmost region of...

செய்யுள், Cāṉṟōr ceyyuḷ) connotes the ancient Tamil literature and is the earliest known literature of South India. The Tamil tradition and legends link it to...