ART & CRAFTS IN TAMILNADU, INDIA
The heart of Tamilaham, the home of the Tamils or Tamil Nadu, lies around and south of the curve of the Eastern Ghats as it goes to merge with the Western Ghats in the Nilgiris. Some of the oldest prehistoric settlements of India have been found in this area, which has also been the cradle of ancient arts and crafts and industries, a land of innumerable, incomparable temples.
The development of the region has been attested by several writers of olden times. Pliny the Younger of Rome and others have written of the Tamil country in the 1st and 2nd century AD as being a source of silk, fine muslin, ivory work and diamonds, rubies, pearls and tortoise shell. Even earlier, Kautilya (circa 300 BC) referred to pearls of the Taamraparni River in Pandyan country and cotton fabrics from Madurai and sandalwood carvings.
Tamil culture belongs to the period of the Cholas, who ruled from AD 850 to 1279. The famous bronzes of Tamil Nadu reached their acme of development and the greatest Natarajas appeared at this time. The other arts, including dance, music, theatre and literature, attained their zenith.
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