Sangam era. We have well accepted record of magadha empire . That was after Buddha. Please read the following https://rsramaswamy.blogspot.com/2013/04/tamils-and-sinhalese-are-all-of-indian.html https://rsramaswamy.blogspot.com/2013/04/cholassibisembiyanswat-valley-kamboja.html https://rsramaswamy.blogspot.com/2013/04/puranaanuru-indian-nationalism.html . Buddha 500 BC. Eastern greek ambassador Megasthanez has written about MADURAI, its queen , sister of krishna. Accords perfectly with the sangam tamizh tradition of kaali,seyon and mayon. mayon Arthasastra also mentions about pearls of pandyans and sandal. Chandragupta time. . Mahavamsam says vijaya and his soldiers came to ceylon at the time of Buddha 500 BC. Pandyan king gave them brides So, according to aananda sankari, sinhalese and south tamilnad pandyans were blood relatives. Rameswaram, Dhanushkodi, Thalaimannaar, . According to K.A.Neelakanta sastry, there are ancient (vael)Spear and (seval )cock items prov...