A series of articles on the "Tamils Eighteen hundred Years Ago" was contributed by me to the Madras Review between the years 1895 to 1901. On the appearance of the very first article, Sir S. Subramanya Iyer wrote to me suggesting that I should bring out all the information available in the Tamil Literature regarding the ancient civilization of the Tamils.

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