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प्रश्न
How can the Inscriptions found in Caves in the Madurai region helps us to reconstruct events of the Sangam age?
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उत्तर
Nearly 80 inscriptions in the Brahmi script have been found in many caves in the Madurai region. These inscriptions belonged to the period (probably second century BC) when the Buddhist and the Jain preachers visited this region. They provide an example of the earliest kind of Tamil, an amazing mixture of two languages— Tamil and Prakrit
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is known as Sangam literature?
Name the two deities worshiped by people in the Sangam age.
What did the Chera region produce in large quantities in the Sangam age?
With reference to economic conditions during the Sangam Age, explain the following: Socio-economic Inequalities in the Sangam Age.
Who were the Vellalas during the Sangam Age?
With reference to the Sangam Age, answer the following question:
Explain why the Sangam Age is so called?
With reference to the society that existed during the Sangam Age, answer the following question:
Explain the position of women.
With reference to the economy during the Sangam Age, answer the following question:
Explain the organisation of internal trade.
With reference to the economy during the Sangam Age, answer the following question:
Explain the extent and significance of external trade.
There are many literary sources to reconstruct the history of the Sangam age. In this context explain the literary importance of Tolkappiyam.
