HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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The period of Aryanisation of South India
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A period when an assembly of a college of Tamil poets was held at Madurai
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A literary-cultural phase of the Tamilham during the first three centuries of the Christian era
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Both (b) and (c) above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is the Sangam Period? Sangam Age is the period from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD in south India. There were 3 Sangams conducted in ancient South India called Muchchangam, Tamil legends say. These Sangams prospered under the royal patronage of the Pandya kings of Madurai.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Tamil legends, there were three Sangam periods, namely Head Sangam, Middle Sangam and Last Sangam period. Historians use the term Sangam period to refer the last of these, with the first two being legendary.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. It has been named after the Sangam academies held during that period that flourished under the royal patronage of the Pandya kings of Madurai.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.