Timeline of the Karavas
The following is a chronological overview of the history of the Karavas and Karaiyars caste of Sri Lanka and India. The Karavas and Karaiyars were historically also known as Kurukulam, meaning Kuru tribe.
Medieval period
- The Mukkara Hatana, an old palm leaf manuscript from Sri Lanka,is an account of the defeat of the Mukkuvar by the Karaiyars in the Saka era 1159 and the taking of the fort of Puttalam after a three-month siege.[1]
Independent period
- Karaiyars formed the leadership of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a group that fought the Sri Lankan Civil War to form a Tamil sovereign state, intending to secede from the Sinhala-majority Sri Lanka. The LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his fellow Karaiyars perceived Vellala-imposed caste restrictions as oppressive as the alleged Sinhala discrimination against the Tamils.[2]
References
- ↑ McGilvray, Dennis B. (2008-05-07). Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822341611.
- ↑ "politics01". www.island.lk. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- BITC The Bulletin of the Institute of Traditional Culture I, Madras University 1961
- Habib Irfan The Agrarian system of Mughal India 1999 Oxford
- Paranavitana Inscriptions of Ceylon Volume I
- Perniola Fr. S. J. The History of the Catholic Church – Portuguese period
- Queyroz Fr. S. J. 1688 The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylaö
- Sastri Nilakanta K. A. Pandyan Kingdom
- Sastri Nilakanta K. A. The Cholas
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