Tamilakam

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cultural region geographical region historical region

Tamilakam is the ancient geographical and cultural region in South India and Sri Lanka where Tamil language, literature, and civilization historically flourished.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tamilakam canonical 19
Tamil country 1
Tamilakam cultural sphere 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedLanguage Tamil ⓘ
associatedWith Sangam literature ⓘ
Tamil culture ⓘ
surface form: Tamil civilization

Tamil literature ⓘ
borderedBy Arabian Sea ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Vindhya Range ⓘ
surface form: Vindhya range (to the north, in some traditional accounts)
culture Tamil culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
pearl fishing ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tamil people ⓘ
hasSubregion Chera dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Chera country

Chola Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Chola country

Pandya country ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Tamil Eelam (historical Tamil regions of Sri Lanka)
knownFor Dravidian architecture (early forms) ⓘ
Tamil Sangams ⓘ
surface form: Tamil Sangams (literary academies, in tradition)

classical Tamil poetry ⓘ
locatedIn South India ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
majorDynasty Chera dynasty ⓘ
Chola dynasty ⓘ
Pandya dynasty ⓘ
majorPort Kaveripattinam ⓘ
Korkai ⓘ
Muziris ⓘ
mentionedIn Akananuru ⓘ
Manimekalai ⓘ
Puranānūru ⓘ
surface form: Purananuru

Sangam literature ⓘ
surface form: Sangam poetry

Cilappatikāram ⓘ
surface form: Silappatikaram
partOf ancient India ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
early Hindu traditions ⓘ
script Tamil-Brahmi script ⓘ
surface form: Tamil-Brahmi (early inscriptions)
successorRegion Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
parts of Karnataka ⓘ
parts of Kerala ⓘ
timePeriod ancient period ⓘ
early historic South Asia ⓘ
tradeWith Arab traders ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manimekalai → culturalRegion → Tamilakam ⓘ
Tamil people → historicalRegion → Tamilakam ⓘ
ancient India → hasPart → Tamilakam ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India
Tevaram → culturalRegion → Tamilakam ⓘ
Chera dynasty → partOf → Tamilakam ⓘ
Pandya dynasty → culturalSphere → Tamilakam ⓘ
Kongu Nadu → partOf → Tamilakam ⓘ
Kuruntokai → compiledIn → Tamilakam ⓘ
Malaipadukadām → region → Tamilakam ⓘ
Mullaippāṭṭu → regionOfOrigin → Tamilakam ⓘ
ancient Tamilakam → knownAs → Tamilakam ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient Tamilakam
ancient Tamilakam → knownAs → Tamilakam ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient Tamilakam
this entity surface form: Tamil country
Tamil Sangams → locatedIn → Tamilakam ⓘ
Kural → region → Tamilakam ⓘ
Valayapathi → region → Tamilakam ⓘ
Kundalakesi → region → Tamilakam ⓘ
Cilappatikāram → settingRegion → Tamilakam ⓘ
Sīthalai Sāttanār → region → Tamilakam ⓘ
Chola Nadu → partOf → Tamilakam ⓘ
Jaffna Kingdom → partOf → Tamilakam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamilakam cultural sphere
Vatteluttu → usedIn → Tamilakam ⓘ