HISTORY
SANGAM AGE
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Question
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Ayyavanas
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Yauvanas
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Pahalvlas
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Yavanas
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Answer: association. Explanation: The Sangam means an ‘association’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tamil literature is known as Sangam literature because they were composed and compiled in associations called Sangams.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the Tamil region, large landowners were known as vellalar, ordinary ploughmen were known as uzhavar, and landless labourers, including slaves, were known as kadaisiyar and adimai.