Tag: society and culture in ancient tamizhagam: the sangam age

The downfall of the Bahamani Kingdom was due to a combination of constant warfare with Vijayanagara, the resulting financial exhaustion, and the rise of weak, incompetent rulers who could not maintain central authority.

The Kadimaram was a sacred tree believed to protect the town, and its destruction was seen as a sign of the ruler's defeat, making its protection a matter of state importance.

The Cholas, the Cheras, and the Pandyas were the three prominent ancient Tamil kingdoms. But The Hoysalas were basically a Kannadiga empire, which ruled a large part of modern-day Karnataka and some parts of Andhra Pradesh between the 10th and the 14th centuries. They contributed much to the growth of Kannada language and literature.

The earliest known literature works in Tamil were collected and compiled by an academy of scholars known as the Sangam. It was the Saiva Saint Appar who used the word Sangam for the earliest known Tamil literature.

The Tamil heroic poems are called the Sangam literature because they were collected and classified by the Sangam, which was an academy of scholars.

The Sangam period refers to the ancient period of South Indian history, specifically the Tamil-speaking regions. Tamil is the classical language in which the literature of this era was composed.

Paleolithic humans were hunter-gatherers who relied on stone tools. They did not possess the technology for pottery or metallurgy (iron).

Historical trade records indicate that both gold and ivory were significant commodities imported from the African region, including Ethiopia, to ancient India.