HISTORY
THE FIRST ONE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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King Gajabahu I of Sri Lanka was contemporary of the Chera monarch Senaguttuvan
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Striking similarity between the Sangam poems and the Greco-Roman accounts on trade
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Both A and B
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Reference to the Chola-Chera-Pandya’ kingdoms in Ashokan edicts
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Detailed explanation-1: -The chronology of the Sangam literature is still a disputed topic among the scholars. However, the most probable date of the Sangam literature has been fixed between third century B.C. to third century A.D., on the basis of literary, archaeological and numismatic evidences.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was said to be located in Then Madurai under the patronage of 89 Pandya kings, during this period. It is said to have lasted for 4, 440 years, and this would put the First Sangam between 9600 BCE to 5200 BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Madurai. The Sangam assemblies were held in Madura city. The period roughly between the 3rd century B.C. and 3rd century A.D. in South India (the area lying to the south of river Krishna and Tungabhadra) is known as Sangam Period.
Detailed explanation-4: -Exp) Option b is the correct answer sangam literature are the earliest writings in the Tamil language, thought to have been produced in three chankams, or literary academies, in Madurai, India, from the 1st to the 4th century CE.