INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sangam Age is known as The earliest stratum of the history of the Tamils. The period roughly between the 3rd century B.C. and 3rd century A.D. in South India (the area lying to the south of river Krishna and Tungabhadra) is known as Sangam Period.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sangam Age is so called because it refers to the gatherings of poets and bards where the bulk of Tamil literature was written. The word ‘Sangam’ is the Tamil form of the Sanskrit ‘Sangha’ which means an association. For further reading check the following articles: Sangam Literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sangam period or age (Tamil: , caṅkakālam, Malayalam: , saṅkakālam), particularly referring to the third Sangam period, is the period of the history of ancient Tamil Nadu, Kerala and parts of Sri Lanka (then known as Tamilakam) dating back to c. 3rd century CE.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sangam literature is the name given to the earliest available Tamil literature. The Sangam age roughly extends between 300 BC and 300 AD*, although most of the work is believed to have been composed between 100 CE and 250 CE. The word ‘Sangam’ literally means association.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first Sangam (mutaṟcaṅkam) is described as having been held at “the Madurai which was submerged by the sea", lasted a total of 4400 years, and had 549 members, which supposedly included some gods of the Hindu pantheon such as Siva, Kubera, Murugan and Agastya.