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It appears that <strong>the</strong> Ta<strong>in</strong>il settlers were found scattered <strong>in</strong><br />

different villages <strong>and</strong> probably <strong>the</strong>re was no s<strong>in</strong>gle area which<br />

was peopled entirely by <strong>Dravidian</strong>s. Many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> settlers may<br />

have been mercenaries who were taken to <strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong> froa time<br />

to time by S<strong>in</strong>ha].eae pr<strong>in</strong>ces. All that could be said with some<br />

amount <strong>of</strong> certa<strong>in</strong>ty is that <strong>the</strong> n<strong>in</strong>th <strong>and</strong> tenth centuries saw<br />

<strong>the</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Dravidian</strong> settlements which covered several<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> eleventh, twelfth<br />

<strong>and</strong> thirteenth centuries.

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