The Tamil Sangam Age: The Golden Age of South India (c. 200 BCE – 300 CE)

200 BCE · Tamil Nadu · cultural

The assembly of poets that gathered at Madurai (the Sangam) compiled more than 2,000 poems on the themes of love and war, with categories of lyric poetry defined by landscape (akam/puram).

This was the era of rivalry among the Chera, Chola and Pandya. | One of the oldest oral and written traditions in world literature, and the independent heritage of Dravidian culture.

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What was The Tamil Sangam Age: The Golden Age of South India (c. 200 BCE – 300 CE)?
The assembly of poets that gathered at Madurai (the Sangam) compiled more than 2,000 poems on the themes of love and war, with categories of lyric poetry defined by landscape (akam/puram).
When did The Tamil Sangam Age: The Golden Age of South India (c. 200 BCE – 300 CE) happen?
200 BCE
Where did The Tamil Sangam Age: The Golden Age of South India (c. 200 BCE – 300 CE) take place?
Tamil Nadu