Chronology of Tamil history
The following is a chronological overview of the history of the Tamil people, who trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian union territory of Puducherry, the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka and the Puttalam District of Sri Lanka. Pre-Sangam period

Sangam age

Post-Sangam period

Pallava and Pandya

Chola period

Chola to Pandya transition

Pandiya revival and Muslim rule

Vijayanagar and Nayak period

East India Company

British rule

Post-independence period

