INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tolkappiyam was written by Tolkappiyar in Tamil. It is a work on Tamil Grammar. It also gives an idea of the Political and Social scenario at that time. The Tamil language was used in the Sangam Literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sangam literature includes Tolkappiyam, Ettutogai, Pattuppattu, Pathinenkilkanakku, and two epics named – Silappathikaram and Manimegalai . Tolkappiyam: It was authored by Tolkappiyar and is considered the earliest of Tamil literary work.

Detailed explanation-3: -’Tholkappiyam’, which is 2, 000 years old, is the first literary work in Tamil. According to Tamil language expert M Srinivasa Iyengar, Tholkappiyam dates to before 350BC. The other Sangam Tamil literature is estimated to be around 5th century BC and recent archaeological evidence has proved this.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sangam Literature – Tolkappiyam Offers information on social life, human psychology, political and economic conditions during the Sangam Age. Also discusses Tamil grammar. The work is divided into three sections, each section further divided into nine chapters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Notes: Tolkāppiyam is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language. It deals with orthography, phonology, morphology, semantics, prosody and the subject matter of literature. It belongs to second tamil Sangam.