Question

1. Coins as a medium of exchange were introduced for the first time in the Sangam Age.
2. Prakrit was the language used by the common people in Northern India during the Mauryan period.
3. Vienna Papyrus, a Roman document, mentions trade related to Muziri.
4. The concept of Thinai is presented in the Tamil grammar work of Pathupaattu.

Options

• (i) is correct

• (ii) is correct

• (i) and (ii) is correct

• (iii) and (iv) is correct

Answer 1

(iii) and (iv) is correct

Explanation:

• The Vienna Papyrus provides evidence of trade between the Roman Empire and the ancient Indian port of Muziris (in modern-day Kerala).
• The concept of Thinai (landscapes and their associated emotions) is a significant element in early Tamil literature, including Pathupaattu and Akananuru from the Sangam period.