Valmiki, according to Tamil, wrote three works,
Ramayana in Sanskrit,
Vanmikiipathinaaru, Sixteen verses of Valmiki, and
a Poem in Puranaanooru in Tamil.
He also participated in the Tamil Sangam.
He commanded so much respect for his scholarship in Tamil , that the earliest Tamil Grammar work in Tamil, Tholkaapiyam, quotes his works, along with that of Lord Shiva as Primary Tamil Education.
Tamil was classified into Primary,Intermediary and Secondary.
There is also evidence to suggest that Valmiki knew Tamil and wrote Tamil Vanmikakovai.
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The Ramayana speaks of Ravana as a Rakshasa.
He is also described as Asura, meaning a man of immense Strength and Valor.
The Rakshasas, according to Puranas, lived down south, an allegory that they lived south of the Vindhyas.
There are references to Kumari Kandam, a Super Continent, of which Lanka formed a part.
The three kings of South India had close contacts with the kings of Lanka.
To such an antiquity that Ravana, who was engaged in stirring trouble in the Pandya Kingdom.
He was reported to have been checked by a Pandya King and Ravana sued for Peace.
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