Many times i see some north Indian friends without understanding or reading the histroy ask a question why Tamilnadu people give much importance to Tamil language. There is only one reason, if we stop giving important to a language that is one among the oldest language in the world, it is not fair, It has the rich heritage, Rich culture, Rich literature.
Even sanskrit has only 2 epics, But Tamil have 5 Epic in its literature. Even sanskrit has some external aryan Influence. Tamil is only language that is pure of Indian origin. Now even if we wish to learn sanskrit, we could not learn sanskrit near our home, you need to search for a scholar or specialized institutes to learn that. These days sanskrit can he heard only in temples, even now some preists some time do not know what they recite in sanskrit :) . Similar to sanakrit language, Tamil too have Hyms for God and religious purpose which have excellent sounds.
So We do not want Tamil to have a fate like sanskrit and be a language to be only used in Temples. We want the 5000 years old language to be heared in all Home, so kindly be informed about Tamil language.
Tamil also do not want it to be propogated to all nation and make it force to others like other languages are done these days, we know what is value of Tamil language, if other feel the value of tamil we feel good else there is no loss for us. Now matter How much small the Gold is, It has the same value, similar is the status of Tamil. We respect all language for sure :).
Since we are living in the age of proofs, India has its glory by telling that it has rich heritage to world proudly, Tamil Language has always helped India to produdly say that It has rich history, you can see the proofs below.
See below Wiki Link which is a Global proof
First we see what is Epigraphy from Wiki
Epigraphy (from the Greek: ἐπιγραφή epi-graphē, literally "on-writing", "inscription"[1]) is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers. Specifically excluded from epigraphy are the historical significance of an epigraph as a document and the artistic value of a literary composition
So how Tamil helps India, A proof from Wiki
More than 55% of the epigraphical inscriptions (about 55,000) found by the Archaeological Survey of India are in the Tamil language.[30]
Early Indian epigraphy: Wiki Wites like This
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Indian_epigraphy
The earliest traces of epigraphy in South Asia are found in the undeciphered inscriptions of the Indus Valley Civilization (Indus script), which date back to the early 3rd millennium BC. According to some scholars, the earliest deciphered epigraphic inscriptions are the Ashoka inscriptions of the 3rd century BCE, written in a form of Prakrit and Tamil Jain inscriptions in Sri Lanka and South India (Tamil Brahmi, Bhattiprolu script, Kadamba script). Other scholars have identified Tamil Brahmi inscriptions from an even earlier period (6th to 4th century BCE) in small written fragments on South Indian potsherds.
Writing in Sanskrit (Epigraphical Hybrid Sanskrit, EHS) appears only later, in the early centuries CE
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