TNSCERT 6 HISTORY UNIT 8
8. SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN ANCIENT TAMIZHAGAM: THE SANGAM AGE THE SANGAM AGE Sangam(Madurai) - association of poets under Pandya kings Sangam literature - poem composed by these poets SOURCES Inscriptions - Hathigumpha Inscription of King Karavela of Kalinga, Pugalur (near Karur) Inscription , Ashokan Edicts II and XIII, and inscriptions found at Mangulam, Alagarmalai and Kilavalavu (all near Madurai) Copper Plates - Velvikudi and Chinnamanur copper plates Time Span - 3rd century BC (BCE) to c. 3rd century AD (CE) Tamizhagam - Vengadam (Tirupathi hill) in the north to Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) in the south, bounded by sea on the east and the west Literary Sources - Tholkappiyam, Ettuthogai (eight anthologies), Pathupattu (ten idylls), PathinanKeezhkanakku (a collection of eighteen poetic works), Pattinapalai and Maduraikanji. Epics (Silapathikaram and Manimegalai) Foreign Notices - The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea,...