ANCIENT LITERATURES
Tholkaapiyam - Earliest extent work of Tamil literature and a work on the grammar of the Tamil language.
Natrinai - A classical Tamil poetic work. It is a book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam Literature anthology. It contains 400 poems dealing with the five landscapes of Sangam poetry.
Kuruntokai - A classical Tamil poetic work. It is a book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology. It contains poems dealing with matters of love and separation.
Ainkurunuru - A classical Tamil poetic work containing five hundred short poems. It is a book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology.
Pathitrupathu - A classical Tamil Poetic Work. 'Pathitrupathu', means 'ten tens'.
Akananuru - A classical Tamil poetic work. It is a book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology. It contains Akam (subjective) poems.
Purananuru - A classical Tamil poetic work. It is a book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology. It is a treatise on Kingship.
Kalittokai - An anthology of 150 poems in Kali metre of varied length dealing with all phases and types of love experience.
Paripatal - A classical Tamil poetic work. It is a book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology. It contains seventy poems on various deities.
Koothanool - Is an ancient trait on the art of dance.