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Legendary Tamil Sangams, legendary assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets in the remote past First Sangam; Second Sangam; Third Sangam; Sangam literature, a collection of Tamil literature and the earliest period of South Indian history, when the Tamil Sangams were held; Sangama dynasty, the first dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire (c. 1336–1485)
Agathiyar (), Chairman of first Tamil Sangam, at Madurai in the Pandiya kingdom.Statue of Agastya in the Tamil Thai (Mother Tamil) temple in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil Sangams (Tamil: சங்கம் caṅkam, Old Tamil 𑀘𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀫𑁆, from Sanskrit saṅgha) were three legendary gatherings of Tamil scholars and poets that, according to traditional Tamil accounts ...
Sangam literature: Tamil: 100 B.C.E - 250 C.E Tamil Nadu Buddhacharita: Buddhism: Life of Shakyamuni Buddha: Sanskrit: Ashvagosha: Kanishka: 100 [citation needed] Purushapura: Peshawar: Shatkhandagama: Jainism: Prakrit: Dharasena: 1st century BCE Mudabidri Karnataka Periplus of the Erythrean Sea: A naval guide to Indian commerce. Greek: 0-100 ...
[web 3] It was named after the literature of poets and scholars of the legendary Sangam academies centered in the city of Madurai. [28] In the period between 300 BCE and 300 CE, Tamilakam was ruled by the three Tamil dynasties of Pandya, Chola and Chera, and a few independent chieftains, the Velir. The evidence on the early history of the Tamil ...
Kannagi (Kannaki), a legendary Tamil woman, is the central character of the South Indian epic Cilappatikaram (100–300 CE). The story relates how Kannagi took revenge on the early Pandyan King of Madurai, for a mistaken death penalty imposed on her husband Kovalan, by cursing the city with disaster.
The commentary states that both the cities were "seized by the ocean", resulting in loss of all the works created during the first two Sangams. The third Sangam was established in Uttara (North) Madurai, where it is said to have lasted for 1,850 years. [8] [9] [10] Nakkeerar's commentary does not mention the size of the territory lost to the sea.
A 12th-century statue of Agastya. The Purananuru, one of the Eight Anthologies of Sangam literature, praises King Irunkōvēl, a 49th generation descendant of the Vēlir clan whose ancestors appeared from the pitcher (தடவு) of a Northern sage (), and said to have ruled Thuvarai with a fort containing tall huge walls made of bronze. [14]
Sangam refers to the assembly of the highly learned people of the ancient Tamil land, with the primary aim of advancing the literature. There were historically three ...