I am half tamilian so I can help you out with some tamil works. Its great that you are interested in Tamil Language and Literature. Tamil is one of the oldest spoken languages.

Tamil literature is more than 2000 years old so it is difficult to say about everything so you should check these websites

http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_literature

and if you can read tamil

http://www.tamil.net/projectmadurai/

http://www.noolaham.net/

Here are some of the famous Tamil Epics that I know

Silapathigaram (சிலப்பதிகாரம)

Manimekalai (மணிமேகலை) for more information you can read it from here

http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/manimekalai.htm

Periya PuraNam (பெரியபுராணம் ) for more information get it from

http://www.tamilnation.org/sathyam/east/periyapuranam.htm

All the best with your new language.

Ich bin zu alt, um nur zu spielen.
Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.

Thanks for this

I've heard that Tamil, as a living classical language, has not changed immensely over the years. So can you understand ancient Tamil texts without translating them?

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well,nice seein a person interested in tamil,well i can speak tamil but not the ancient thing,its looks a lot different and as u say yup it dates back long!!
i think its a gr8 language with lots of works and its different from the other south indian languages...

Hi there , i am totally surprised to see some person who talk about tamil in this sites ,any how ,even i would like to share some comments if u wish to ....if intrested plz post me a line.....