Tamils - a Trans State Nation..

"To us all towns are one, all men our kin.
Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill
Man's pains and pains' relief are from within.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !."
- Tamil Poem in Purananuru, circa 500 B.C 

BOUNDARIES OF TAMIL EELAM

  Ptolemy's Map of Ceylon (Salice)

From "The Territorial Borders of Tamil Eelam"
by J. R. Chinnathambi & K.Satchithanandan,
834, Annasalai, Madras 600002

A Toponomy of Ptolemy's Map of Ceylon Showing Place Names of Discernible Tamil Language Origin (in brackets)

1.Taprobane (Tamarai ParaniMahavamsa mentions Tambapani where Prince Vijaya's boat drifted ashore - Satchi Ponnambalam's "National Question" p. 16)
2.Malee (malai or mountain),
3.Ulipada (Sivan Olipatha Malai or Adam's Peak)
4.Dagano Civitas or city (Devendra Head or Dondra Head)
5 Rhogandini (Urohana)
6.Spatana Portus (Tirukoneeswaram or Trincomalee)
7 .Sacra Luna (Chandra Mauleeswaram)
8. Muditti (Mathoddam)
9. Bocani (Kumanai)
10. Nagadibi (Nagadipa)
11.Nadesari (Nathasari)
12Anurogrami Civitas Regia (Anuradhapura, the king's capital city)