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Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai was the famous historical writer in South India. He contributed much to the Tamil literature. His famous writings were Nutrogai vilakkam, Manonmaniam, some Early sovereigns of Travancore and History of Tamil literature. Manonmaniam Sundarampillai had profound knowledge of Tamil literature. During his times people believed that the Aryan civilization was inferior. His view point out that Tamil literature was divine and moral.Manonmaniam Sundarampillai took interest in the study of history and epigraphy. He laid many historical works and visited many places for gathering sources.In his historical findings he mentioned several monnuments are related with Tamil literature and history. His invention of Kollam Era stands even today as a monumental contribution to the chronological historical reflections and interpretations helped Dravidian India. In his historical work scholars got clear information about the findings and literary works.