1 History & Culture · 1.1.8 Sangam age

1.1.8.1 Sangam literature and the Tamil epics

The Sangam texts are early Tamil poems about love (akam) and public life and war (puram), composed roughly between the third century BCE and third century CE, and they are the main source for the Tamil kingdoms; the great epics come a little later.

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  • Sangam
  • Ettuthokai
  • Pattuppattu
  • Tolkappiyam
  • Tirukkural
  • akam
  • puram
  • tinai
  • Silappadikaram
  • Manimekalai
  • Sivaka Chintamani
  • Ilango Adigal

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