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			- Archery was known all over India from as early as Vedic period
			
 - All the heros of the epics, Ramayana and Mahabharatha, were skilled archers
			
 - In Tamilnadu, the art was well developed during the Chola period
			
 - Stone inscriptions dating back to 1009 prove the existence of archery in Tamilnadu from ancient days
			
 - This art today is more a competition of hitting the target rather than a combat against another. 
			
  		
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