HISTORY
SANGAM AGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Avai
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Manaram
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Podiyil
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Ambalam
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, Option A is correct. The village itself in the Sangam times had two assemblies for managing its affairs, Ambalam or Avai and Manram or Podiyil and an officer-in-charge of collecting the tax from that unit of land was called a Variyar.
Detailed explanation-2: -Villages were known as Urs during the Sangam age.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Manaram, the Podiyil and the Ambalam seem to be synonymous terms denoting a place where the village assembly (Avai) met to transact local business. The kingdom was, though not theoretically, divided into smaller units. The entire kingdom (big or small) was called Mandalam.