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According to [[K. Indrapala]], [[cultural diffusion]], rather than migration of people, spread the [[Prakrit]] and [[Tamil language]]s from peninsular India into an existing [[mesolithic]] population, centuries before the [[common era]].{{Sfn|Indrapala|2007|pp=53–54}} [[Tamil Brahmi]] and Tamil-Prakrit scripts were used to write the Tamil language during this period on the island.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Schalk|first1=Peter|year=2002|title=Buddhism Among Tamils in Pre-colonial Tamilakam and Ilam: Prologue. The Pre-Pallava and the Pallava Period|journal=Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis|publisher=[[Uppsala University]]|volume=19–20|pages=100–220|isbn=978-91-554-5357-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2QEAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> | According to [[K. Indrapala]], [[cultural diffusion]], rather than migration of people, spread the [[Prakrit]] and [[Tamil language]]s from peninsular India into an existing [[mesolithic]] population, centuries before the [[common era]].{{Sfn|Indrapala|2007|pp=53–54}} [[Tamil Brahmi]] and Tamil-Prakrit scripts were used to write the Tamil language during this period on the island.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Schalk|first1=Peter|year=2002|title=Buddhism Among Tamils in Pre-colonial Tamilakam and Ilam: Prologue. The Pre-Pallava and the Pallava Period|journal=Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis|publisher=[[Uppsala University]]|volume=19–20|pages=100–220|isbn=978-91-554-5357-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2QEAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> | ||
During the protohistoric period (1000-500 BCE) Sri Lanka was culturally united with southern India,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30208096.ece |title=Reading the past in a more inclusive way - Interview with Dr. Sudharshan Seneviratne |work=Frontline (2006) }}</ref> and shared the same megalithic burials, [[Black and red ware culture|pottery]], iron technology, farming techniques and [[megalithic graffiti symbols|megalithic graffiti]].<ref name="Seneviratne">{{cite book |last=Seneviratne |first = Sudharshan|title=Social base of early Buddhism in south east India and Sri Lanka|date=1984 }}</ref><ref name="Karunaratne">{{cite book |last=Karunaratne |first = Priyantha|title=Secondary state formation during the early iron age on the island of Sri Lanka : the evolution of a periphery|date=2010 }}</ref> This cultural complex spread from southern India along with Dravidian clans such as the [[Velir]], prior to the migration of [[Prakrit]] speakers.<ref>Robin Conningham - Anuradhapura - The British-Sri Lankan Excavations at Anuradhapura Salgaha Watta | During the protohistoric period (1000-500 BCE) Sri Lanka was culturally united with southern India,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30208096.ece |title=Reading the past in a more inclusive way - Interview with Dr. Sudharshan Seneviratne |work=Frontline (2006) }}</ref> and shared the same megalithic burials, [[Black and red ware culture|pottery]], iron technology, farming techniques and [[megalithic graffiti symbols|megalithic graffiti]].<ref name="Seneviratne">{{cite book |last=Seneviratne |first = Sudharshan|title=Social base of early Buddhism in south east India and Sri Lanka|date=1984 }}</ref><ref name="Karunaratne">{{cite book |last=Karunaratne |first = Priyantha|title=Secondary state formation during the early iron age on the island of Sri Lanka : the evolution of a periphery|date=2010 }}</ref> This cultural complex spread from southern India along with Dravidian clans such as the [[Velir]], prior to the migration of [[Prakrit]] speakers.<ref name="Seneviratne"/><ref>Robin Conningham - Anuradhapura - The British-Sri Lankan Excavations at Anuradhapura Salgaha Watta | ||
Volumes 1 and 2 (1999/2006)</ref><ref>Sudharshan Seneviratne (1989) - Pre-State Chieftains And Servants of the State: A Case Study of Parumaka -http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2078</ref | Volumes 1 and 2 (1999/2006)</ref><ref>Sudharshan Seneviratne (1989) - Pre-State Chieftains And Servants of the State: A Case Study of Parumaka -http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2078</ref> | ||
Settlements of culturally similar early populations of ancient Sri Lanka and ancient [[Tamil Nadu]] in India were excavated at [[Megaliths|megalithic burial sites]] at Pomparippu on the west coast and in [[Kathiraveli]] on the east coast of the island. Bearing a remarkable resemblance to burials in the [[Early Pandyan Kingdom]], these sites were established between the 5th century BCE and 2nd century CE.{{Sfn|de Silva|2005|p=129}}{{Sfn|Indrapala|2007|p=91}} | Settlements of culturally similar early populations of ancient Sri Lanka and ancient [[Tamil Nadu]] in India were excavated at [[Megaliths|megalithic burial sites]] at Pomparippu on the west coast and in [[Kathiraveli]] on the east coast of the island. Bearing a remarkable resemblance to burials in the [[Early Pandyan Kingdom]], these sites were established between the 5th century BCE and 2nd century CE.{{Sfn|de Silva|2005|p=129}}{{Sfn|Indrapala|2007|p=91}} | ||