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RE:Dravidian Religion
by tamil boy on Aug 05, 2008 12:31 AM

Tamils - have an inferiority complex? Wow thanks- everywhere I go, I am told Tamils have a superiority complex!!!!!
Mate- Dravidian - in context - does not mean a race or an ethnic people - it means Tamil politics.
In the Past - dravidian also included more than just Tamils - e.g. like in ancient Rome - the empire was called the Roman empire - and then it disintegrated and languages evolved from old Roman langauge.
Similarly - Dravidian or old Tamil was an old culture and language - which evolved into different derivative of old Tamil. Modern Tamil is one of these derivative, and is called Tamil because it is closest to this old langauge.

I think you are confusing local politics, what Dravidian actually means, and Tamil or Southy Indian history.
South India History is not really well known outside TN and the West, the west because of the colonial past, trades with ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Ancient Rome etc....

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