Chief occupation- agriculture. Rice was the common crop Other crops- ragi, sugarcane, cotton, pepper, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon and a variety of fruits Jackfruit and pepper […]

  Plenty of information in the Sangam literature to trace the position of women Women poets like Avvaiyar, Nachchellaiyar, and Kakkapadiniyar flourished in this period […]

Form of government- hereditary monarchy  The king had also taken the advice of his minister, court-poet and the imperial court or avai and was attended […]

The Pandyas ruled over the present day southern Tamil Nadu Capital- Madurai Earliest kings- Nediyon, Palyagasalai Mudukudumi Peruvaludhi and Mudathirumaran Two Neduncheliyans-  Aryappadai Kadantha Neduncheliyan […]

It extended from modern Tiruchi district to southern Andhra Pradesh Capital was first located in Uraiyur and then shifted to Puhar Famous king- Karikala Pattinappalai […]

They ruled over parts of modern Kerala Their capital was Vanji and their important seaports were Tondi and Musiri The Pugalur inscription of the first […]

The corpus includes Tolkappiyam, Ettuthogai, Pattuppattu, Pathinenkilkanakku, and the two epics- Silappathikaram and Manimegalai. Tolkappiyam authored by Tolkappiyar is the earliest of Tamil literature. It […]

The Sangam Age constitutes an important chapter in the history of South India. According to Tamil legends, there existed three Sangams (Academy of Tamil poets) […]

Successors of Kanishka and end of Kushana rule   The successors of Kanishka rules for another one hundred and fifty years  Huvishka was the son […]

It flourished in the first century CE The Buddha images exhibit the spiritual feeling in his face which was largely absent in the Gandhara art […]