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The genesis of Tamil movement had started from the medieval period and spread up its trend to different dimensions. Many great scholars emerged and revamped the literature which eventually led to the sovereignty of Tamil language. Sangam age is considered by the Tamil people as the golden era of Tamil language. The period between the 11th and the 13th centuries, during which the Chola power was at its peak, there were relatively few foreign incursions and the life for the Tamil people was one of peace and prosperity. Modern linguistic scholarship places the poems between the 3rd century BC and the 2nd century AD. Arumuga Navalar was the pioneer to do this task and later, C.W. Damotharan Pillai (1832-1901), U.V.Swaminatha Aiyar (1855-1942) and others had followed in his footsteps.