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SHORT NOTES ON SANGAM PERIOD

So far, I am presenting in front of you by collecting questions from the Sangam Age that have come in the UPSC and other PCS preliminary examinations. Although questions from ancient history rarely come, maybe these notes related to the Sangam era will be of some use to you –

KEY FACTS OF CONFLUENCE (UNDER VARIOUS EXAMINATIONS)

• The first Chera ruler Udiyanjeral (150 AD) fed all the warriors who participated in the Kuru region.
• Nedunjeral, the boy of Udiyanjeral, had taken some Yavana merchants captive in a naval battle. Then he assumed the title of Adhiraj.
• Adan's son Shenuguttavan built a temple in the memory of Sati (Kannagi) and started worshiping Kannagi.
• Shilppadikaram and Manimekhalai are confluent epics .
• According to Shilppadikaram, worship of Kannagi was also prevalent in Sri Lanka.
• King Adigaypan started the cultivation of sugarcane for the first time in the southern part of the peninsula.
• Anduban, another ruler of the Chera dynasty, performed many Vedic sacrifices.
• The Chera ruler Aya patronized a Brahmin of Uraiyur and Pari patronized a Brahmin named Kapilir .
• Aay and Pari are considered bull rulers. Their origin is believed to be from the fire pit of Vashistha.
• Karikala (190 AD) was prominent among the early Chola rulers .
• A poetic mention of the successes of Karikala is found in the Pattinappalai Granth.
• In Pattupatu, there is a description of the acquisition of the Chola throne by Karikala by force and the capture of the capital "Kaveripattinam".
• Karikala established the Chola capital, Puhar .
• The earliest mention of Pandya country is found in Panini's “ Ashtadhyayi”.
• In the Arthashastra, the mention of the city of Madura, the capital of the Pandya country, has come.
• The early capital of the Pandya country is Kotkai, situated at the mouth of the Tamraparni river in the district of Tirunelveli.
• Neduthalion was compared to Karikala. It assumed the title of a "conqueror of the Aryan army". He sent a messenger to the court of the Roman emperor Augustus. This started the ocean worship.
• The description of the efficient administration of Neduthalion is found in Madurai Kanchi.
• The Chakravarti king is discussed in a poem included in Purananukh. Another poem included in this work mentions the suicide of the king by his companions after his death.
• Shilppadikaram is the Iliad of Tamil poetry.
• Shilppadikaram tells the story of a wealthy merchant,  Kolvan, who neglected Kannagi and fell in love with another dancer, Madhavi. Kannagi avenges her husband's death at the hands of the Pandya king and eventually becomes a goddess.
• The story of Manimekhalai is woven into the fabric of philosophical and philosophical matters. The heroine of Manimekhalai is the daughter of Kolvan, the hero of Shilppadikaram, who became a Buddhist nun after hearing the news of the death of her former lover.
• Kural or Tirukural or Thiruvalluvar is the amalgamation of the three scriptures, Arthashastra and Kamasutra.
• Names of the major Sangam period cities – Puhar, Uraiyur, Madurai, Vaji, and Kanchi.
• Puhar (famous port and seaside capital)
• Uraiyur (the island capital of the Cholas, a major cotton textile center)
• Madurai (Capital of the Pandyas)
• Waji (capital of Cheron) 
• Kanchi (Capital of Pallavas)
• Tolkappiyam  's articles are Tolkappiyar. He was one of the 12 disciples of Agastya. This text is the only available text of the second Sangam. This text deals with Aham and Agam (love) and Puram (war, administration), Varna thought, construction, verse scripture, dialect forms, social practices, literary operations, and Tamil grammar.
• Agantiyam –  Tamil grammar book.

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