Vol. 4 No. S-18 (2022): Volume 4, Issue S-18, Year 2022
Articles

Industrial Development in South Kongu Region as shown by Stone Inscriptions in Tholkaapiyar's theory

Mathialagan M
Department of History, Government Arts college, Udumalpet-642126, Tamil Nadu, India

Published 2022-12-08

Keywords

  • Tholkaapiyar,
  • Grammar,
  • South Kongu Region,
  • Medieval temples,
  • Stone Inscriptions

How to Cite

M, M. (2022). Industrial Development in South Kongu Region as shown by Stone Inscriptions in Tholkaapiyar’s theory. International Research Journal of Tamil, 4(S-18), 500-506. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt224s1869

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Abstract

Literature is the mirror of life. Grammatical literary theory is one among the various kind of theories. Tamil literary texts helps us to understand the history of Tamilnadu. Tamil literature follows the principles of Grammar. Tholkaapiyar has given themes in his text Tholkaapiyam. Overall there are eight themes. Literature is made up of these eight themes. Basically the history of the people is recorded in the temple inscriptions.  Medieval temples include themes such as deity, food, animals, trees, grass (bird), drum, lyre, message.  Medieval inscriptions also mention these themes. This article tries to explain about news and business in detail.

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