HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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A dynasty during sangam era
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A collection of poems
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A series of sports plays during Sangam Era
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A writing tool during sangam Era
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Eight Anthologies called Ettuthokai namely Aingurunooru, Nattrinai, Aganaooru, Purananooru, Kuruntogai, Kalittogai, Paripadal, Padirruppatu. It was a part of Tamil literature called the Sangam literature of the 18th century ago. It consists of 2371 poems.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Eighteen Greater Texts anthology contains 2, 381 poems including the ten larger works belonging to the Ten Idylls collection. These poems are attributed to 473 poets. Sixteen of the 473 poets are responsible for 1, 177 of the 2, 279 poems for which the name of the author is known.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tholkappiyam is the oldest Tamil literature. It was composed 2000 years ago. As per Tamil language experts Tholkappiyam dates to before 350BC.