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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 agricultural products during the Sangam Age.
Name the two prominent ports on India’s Western Coast during the Sangam age.
Mention the two views held by scholars regarding the origin of the Dravidians.
How does the inscription of Kharvela, the ruler of Kalinga, enable us to reconstruct the history of 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 economy during the Sangam Age, answer the following question:
What was the main occupation of the people and the activities associated with it? What were the other occupations of the people?
With reference to the economy during the Sangam Age, answer the following question:
Explain the organisation of internal trade.
The Sangam literature gives a complete and true picture of economic conditions of the age. Describe the economic life of the people with reference to:
Occupational Guilds
