Aruva nadu, aruva vadathalai nadu mentioned sangam poems as region nearby venkata hills. Based on velirs aruvalar.Mala konda inscription mention "aruvahikula son of siri Sethi" of 3rd century bc? in prakrit.I think it shows the prakrit influenced dravidian population migration?

Is it possible few elite(elite here means who has some kind of knowledge on adminstration, trade, agriculture)like population move& mingle with tribal population and completely influence tribal in terms of polity, culture setup. ?

The Rigveda has several Dravidian loan words. Doesn’t this mean that the indo aryans must have encountered Dravidian people during their migration? Thus, Dravidian must have been local to BMAC, IVC, or somewhere in between those two cultures during the time of the migration?

The Rigveda has several Dravidian loan words. Doesn’t this mean that the indo aryans must have encountered Dravidian people during their migration? Thus, Dravidian must have been local to BMAC, IVC, or somewhere in between those two cultures during the time of the migration?

Excavations at Kohla have uncovered both habitation and burial sites.

Excavations at Kohla have uncovered both habitation and burial sites.

GOND TRIBE >> INDUS VALLEY ??

I think Kannada region has retained proto dravidian feature 'k' . Folk song I shared last ,use word 'keri' for lake,while tamil is 'eri'. Also we know kembu-chembu.(Red). Is it retained for all words/things that ?if so list some words

I saw folk songs in dravidian languages. I am able to understand them (atleast context & words) when compared to movie songs.Below north kannada song I am able to understand as I only know tamil only. words very similar to Tamil . But standardised songs are difficult.Others also same? Share your vi

Erode is place name in tamilnadu. We still don't know correct etymology. eriodu -similar name. Vellode(thirupur)- vellodu-dindugul,chitode with same suffix ode/odu.in kerala there are places like pothode,nanniyode. What's meaning of this.? ode is shortform of kodu in Kerala places?

ēru(ఏరు) means river but I never saw it being used to mean goddess…Did Dravidian folk religions also deify rivers?

In sarth-vaha , does the word sarth , have dravidian origin ?

Has any historians give etymology or meaning for chera,chola, pandya.?if so mention. Iravatham mentions following: chera- from exclusive quarters (keri/cheri),pandi- on planned city(padi), chola/chora-surrounding officials (culi/cur).

Why there are still many villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan have proto dravidian names.

Any one from Maharashtra explain this. Surname among maratha or kunbis have bhosale and bhonsale. Both are same? Why 'n' letter difference?.

What might be meaning and etymology formation of "kolar". "Kolala" "kovulalapura".. etc in sources. "la" suffix what does it denotes& why it's added to name.I thought about this " Kovalan" name origin in recent post. Any inscriptions about kolar name.?

Silapathikaaram is NOT Sangam literature (nor are any of the other 4 great epics)

What might be meaning of the words anthai,atthi(probably atthai/athe),angai,Avvai. these words if added to prefix 'than' it denotes" one own "personal relationship words like thanthai,thangai,thavvai.

Dravidian Influence on Marathi

Is name kodaikanal might be actually "kodaiyanal"? . Current name kodai+kanal-- like place to see in summer is wrong. As the name present in chalukya inscriptions as one of the country" kodaiya nadu" in bellary hills.Still place on Kerala western ghats have name kodaiya nadu mala ,same as inbellary

Forgot to add image in previous post. Chalukya inscriptions denotes kodaiya nadu as region near bellary hills region. Still western ghats region in Kerala and tamilnadu border have name" kodaiya nadu mala". That's why I think kodaiyana+al(tamil suffix) changed with kodaikanal .

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Today one shared post about gonds - indus symbol relationship . Similarly, I said people in tamilnadu (migrated from Maharashtra) and same cultural practices followed in maharashtra.Seven mother goddess worship who is near by water bodies is a reflection of indus symbol memory .

Some signs/sounds of the Brahmi/Tamili script seem to be visually "similar" to some Indus signs and semantically/phonetically "similar" to some reconstructed proto-Dravidian words/sounds, but maybe we'll never know whether these "similarities" are "real"

Koppam - denotes pits to capture elephants. You can find place names with this throughout south india from Thoothukudi district in southern tamilnadu to Northern karnataka. Posala capital is "kannanur koppam" in TN. Using elephants to transport goods for trade .koppam in Kerala as well

Do you agree with the Kannada origin of the word "Konkan" ?

Is it true that south central Dravidian languages have "mand", "and " to denote human forms. How it's connected to sdr word 'ir' .? Whether it might have earlier used similar to SDR suffix having 'ir' added like 'ava(i)r for human, where's avai- denotes non human things. Anyone explain?