SANGAM LITERATURE

SOCIETY OF EARLY HISTORICAL SOUTH INDIA AS REFLECTED BY THE SANGAM LITERATURE

The earliest literature of South India is represented by a group of texts in old Tamil, often collectively referred to as Sangam literature. It was composed between 3rd century BCE  and the  3rd century CE. There are two kinds of Sangam poems- akam and  puram. The theme of the akam poems were love while the theme of puram poems were mostly about war.
Due to their varied themes and authorship, Sangam …