HISTORY
SANGAM AGE
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Question
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Madurai
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Tanjore
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Kanjeevaram
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Mahabalipuram
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Detailed explanation-1: -The third Sangam (kaṭaicaṅkam) was purportedly located in the current city of Madurai and lasted for 1850 years. There were 49 Pandiya kings starting from Mudattirumaran (who came away from Kabadapuram to present Madurai) to Ukkirapperu Valudi were decedents and rulers of that period.
Detailed explanation-2: -All surviving Sangam literature comes from this particular Sangam. The seat of the Third Sangam was the city of Madurai.
Detailed explanation-3: -Madurai College of Antiquity is the third Sangam academy that was built during the Sangam period. The Academy was built under the care and supervision of 49 Pandyan Kings and 449 participle poets, which ran for about 1850 years in the historical times.
Detailed explanation-4: -Madurai Tamil Sangam, also known as the fourth Tamil Sangam, was a language academy founded by Prince Pandithurai Thevar and other Tamil language scholars to promote the use of Tamil language and Tamil culture in the late 19th century in British held India.
Detailed explanation-5: -Third Sangam was presided by Nakkirar and was presided by 49 Patron Kings.