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Age of Sanskrit and Tamil
*Classical Sanskrit (defined by Panini's grammar, ca. 4th BC)
*Classical Tamil (Sangam literature ca. 3rd BC or Older, defined by Tolkappiyam)
From this its hard to find the exact age of both languages. But they are not related. Tamil is Dravidian language and Sanskrit is Indo-Aryan language. But it is clear that Tamil and Sanskrit has their own grammar to sustain independently unlike other Indian languages. Many scholars claim Tamil predates Sanskrit.
SOURCES :
* Encyclopedia Britannica (2008), "Sanskrit literature", Quote: "Two main periods in the development of the literature are discernible: the Vedic period, approximately 1500-200 BC; and, somewhat overlapping it, the classical period, approximately 500 BC-AD 1000."
*Article "Panini" fromThe Columbia Encyclopedia (Sixth Edition. 2001-07) at Bartleby.com
* Zvelebil, Kamil (1997), The Smile of Murugan: On Tamil Literature of South India: On Tamil Literature of South India
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