Before getting into evidence in Tamil Literature, a few words on the probability of Srimad Bhagavad Gita having happened.
The Mahabharata has many versions in all the languages of India (in about 23 languages, apart from about 1230 dialects , where The Mahabharata is passed by word of mouth).
The language of people from different parts of the country is different,literature is different.
Yet the basics of The Mahabharata is the same in all versions.
One has to remember that India has not been a Unified Country then ; there was no central authority to control the educational system.
Every one has the freedom to write what they believed in.
Yet Mahabharata essentials remain the same.
Also note that there are Jain and Buddhist versions as well, the Religions which do not believe in authority of the Vedas.
They also agree on the basics of The Mahabharata.
How is it possible?
Have the people of different periods, languages and beliefs suddenly decided to spin a yarn?
It does not stand to reason.
Only reason that appears is that the Mahabharata is true, so by extension The Gita.
I am reminded of ‘Cho‘ ,who pertinently asked in a serial in Tamil ‘Enge Brahmanan?’_Where is the Brahmin?, where he says ‘ we have not seen our great grand father, can we deny his existence?
We can go further deep into this, but it will lead to Hindu Epistemology, which is not in the scope of this blog.
Suffice to say that this is common sense.
Now let us examine what Tamil has to say on this.
Evidence of a Pandya King being present in Swamvara is found in Mahabharata
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There are innumerable references in The Mahabharata to Tamils and vice versa.
…………to be continued.
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