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2. TINAI CONCEPT

3. ANCIENT TAMILAKAM

4. WHAT IS SOCIAL LIFE
 Life style of people.
 The way of living,
occupation, culture and all
included in social life.
 language also included in
social life.

5. Social Life In Ancient Tamilakam
 Social life associated with division of land.
 The division of land called Tinai.
 Each tinais associated with particular
landscape.
 There are five Tinais in ancient Tamilakam.
 Tinais are Kurinchi, Mullai, Palai, Marutham,
And Neytal.

6. FIVE TINAIS

7. KURINCHI
 Hilly or mountain region.
 Practiced shifting cultivation.
 Cultivated pepper and other spices.
 Teak, bamboo, millet cultivated.
 Engaged in hunting and collecting forest
resources.

8. MULLAI
 The grass land or forest land
 Cattle rearing was main occupation.
 They practiced Vetchi, that is in order to
increase the cattle wealth the seized cattles
from others.
 Honey collection.

9. PALAI
 Dry land.
 The desert region.
 There is no specific occupation.
 They chiefly engaged in stealing cattle.
 Practiced robbery.

10. MARUTHAM
 Wet land or crop land.
 Cultivation is the main job.
 Mainly cultivated rice and sugarcane.
 Evidence for usage of iron from
ploughshare.

11. NEYTAL
 Coastal region or seashore.
 Fishing and salt preparation was main
occupation
 Evidence for saltpans.
 Engaged in trade.

12. SALTPAN

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