Prelims · 1 Ancient & Medieval India · APPSC Group 2
1.4.1 Sangam age notes
3 notes, in reading order.
- 1.4.1.1Sangam 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.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 1.4.1.2Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas of the Sangam age
In the Sangam age, Tamilakam (the Tamil land) was ruled by three crowned kings, the Cheras in the west, Cholas in the Kaveri delta and Pandyas in the south, each with a capital, port and emblem.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 1.4.1.3Sangam polity, society and economy
Sangam society was ruled by hereditary kings and chiefs assisted by councils, organised by landscape and occupation more than by caste, and sustained by agriculture, crafts and a lively overseas trade.
Standard · 5 min · Full course
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