Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Tamilization is the cultural expansion of the Tamil people native to the southern part of India and the northern and easthern part of Sri Lanka.The Tamil people are native to the state of Tamil Nadu in South India and their traditional homeland, according to Sangam period sources extended from Vengadam to Kanyakumari. It also included the present-day Kerala. However, between the 2nd century BC and the 14th century AD, Tamil trader colonies were established in many parts of West Asia, South-East Asia and Egypt apart from the islands of the Indian Ocean. The first large-scale migrations of Tamils was to Sri Lanka, which lay closest to the Indian mainland, and they formed a majority in the northern and north-east parts of the island by the time of the Medieval Cholas (870-1279 CE).During British rule, large numbers of Tamils from the Madras Presidency were transported to Malaya, Singapore, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Central Sri Lanka, Reunion, Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji and Guyana to work as indentured labourers in sugar plantations. There was also a large mercantile class in Burma, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia and the Persian Gulf countries."@en }
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- Tamilization abstract "Tamilization is the cultural expansion of the Tamil people native to the southern part of India and the northern and easthern part of Sri Lanka.The Tamil people are native to the state of Tamil Nadu in South India and their traditional homeland, according to Sangam period sources extended from Vengadam to Kanyakumari. It also included the present-day Kerala. However, between the 2nd century BC and the 14th century AD, Tamil trader colonies were established in many parts of West Asia, South-East Asia and Egypt apart from the islands of the Indian Ocean. The first large-scale migrations of Tamils was to Sri Lanka, which lay closest to the Indian mainland, and they formed a majority in the northern and north-east parts of the island by the time of the Medieval Cholas (870-1279 CE).During British rule, large numbers of Tamils from the Madras Presidency were transported to Malaya, Singapore, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Central Sri Lanka, Reunion, Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji and Guyana to work as indentured labourers in sugar plantations. There was also a large mercantile class in Burma, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia and the Persian Gulf countries.".
- Q7681436 abstract "Tamilization is the cultural expansion of the Tamil people native to the southern part of India and the northern and easthern part of Sri Lanka.The Tamil people are native to the state of Tamil Nadu in South India and their traditional homeland, according to Sangam period sources extended from Vengadam to Kanyakumari. It also included the present-day Kerala. However, between the 2nd century BC and the 14th century AD, Tamil trader colonies were established in many parts of West Asia, South-East Asia and Egypt apart from the islands of the Indian Ocean. The first large-scale migrations of Tamils was to Sri Lanka, which lay closest to the Indian mainland, and they formed a majority in the northern and north-east parts of the island by the time of the Medieval Cholas (870-1279 CE).During British rule, large numbers of Tamils from the Madras Presidency were transported to Malaya, Singapore, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Central Sri Lanka, Reunion, Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji and Guyana to work as indentured labourers in sugar plantations. There was also a large mercantile class in Burma, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia and the Persian Gulf countries.".