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What is Sangam literature?
What is Sangam literature?
- The earliest known literature of West India, written in Gujarati.
- The earliest known literature of North India, written in Hindi.
- The earliest known literature of East India, written in Bengali.
- The earliest known literature of South India, written in Tamil. (correct)
When is the historical era of Sangam literature considered to be?
When is the historical era of Sangam literature considered to be?
- c) 500 BCE to 500 CE
- c) 100 BCE to 100 CE
- c) 700 BCE to 700 CE
- c) 300 BCE to 300 CE (correct)
Where is it believed that Sangam literature was created?
Where is it believed that Sangam literature was created?
- Around Hyderabad
- Around Chennai
- Around Bangalore
- Around Madurai and Kapāṭapuram (correct)
How many poems are there in the Sangam literature collection?
How many poems are there in the Sangam literature collection?
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What is the subject matter of the bardic poetry of the Sangam era?
What is the subject matter of the bardic poetry of the Sangam era?
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What is included in the Sangam literature collection?
What is included in the Sangam literature collection?
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What is the Sangam classical collection?
What is the Sangam classical collection?
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- Sangam literature is the earliest known literature of South India, written in Tamil.
- It is believed to have been created during three literary gatherings around Madurai and Kapāṭapuram.
- The historical era of Sangam literature is considered to be from c. 300 BCE to 300 CE.
- The Sangam literature was rediscovered in the late nineteenth century in the monasteries of Hinduism.
- The collection contains 2381 poems in Tamil composed by 473 poets, with 16 poets contributing about 50% of the corpus.
- The bardic poetry of the Sangam era is largely about love and war.
- The Sangam literature represents a mature classical poetry and includes Buddhism and Jainism epics.
- The collection comprises an Urtext of oldest surviving Tamil grammar (Tolkappiyam), the Ettuttokai anthology, and the Pattuppattu anthology.
- The Tamil literature that followed the Sangam period is generally called the "post-Sangam" literature.
- The rediscovered Sangam classical collection is largely a bardic corpus.
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