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Synopsis 1. The Indo-Aryan epics and Southern India: i. South India in the sixth century B.C. 2. South India in the fifth century B.C. iii. South India in the third century B.C. 2. An unwritten chapter in the history of ancient South India: i. Dravidian contributions. ii. The racial problem. iii. The languages of South India. iv. The Tamil language. v. Tamil and Sanskrit. vi. Tamil literature. vii. Tolkappiyam. viii. The Kural. ix. The Dravidian civilisation. x. The economic conditions. ... 3. Ancient South Indian polity: i. The three periods of polity. ii. Sources of polity. iii. The age of Tolkappiyam. iv. Singular feature of Tolkappiyam. v. Pre-historic polity. vi. The semi-historic polity. vii. The Dravidian village organisation. viii. Dravidian tribal organisation. ix. Classes of Dravidian society. x. The Vellalas. xi. Tamilian form of marriage....