Author Archive for: iTopper

Chief occupation- agriculture. Rice was the common crop Other crops- ragi, sugarcane, cotton, pepper, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon and a...

  Plenty of information in the Sangam literature to trace the position of women Women poets like Avvaiyar, Nachchellaiyar,...

Form of government- hereditary monarchy  The king had also taken the advice of his minister, court-poet and the imperial...

The Pandyas ruled over the present day southern Tamil Nadu Capital- Madurai Earliest kings- Nediyon, Palyagasalai Mudukudumi Peruvaludhi and...

It extended from modern Tiruchi district to southern Andhra Pradesh Capital was first located in Uraiyur and then shifted...

They ruled over parts of modern Kerala Their capital was Vanji and their important seaports were Tondi and Musiri...

The corpus includes Tolkappiyam, Ettuthogai, Pattuppattu, Pathinenkilkanakku, and the two epics- Silappathikaram and Manimegalai. Tolkappiyam authored by Tolkappiyar is...

The Sangam Age constitutes an important chapter in the history of South India. According to Tamil legends, there existed...

Successors of Kanishka and end of Kushana rule   The successors of Kanishka rules for another one hundred and...

It flourished in the first century CE The Buddha images exhibit the spiritual feeling in his face which was...