ICSE Solutions for Class 9 History and Civics - The Sangam Age: Kingdoms and The Social and Economic Conditions
ICSE Solutions for Class 9 History and Civics – The Sangam Age: Kingdoms and The Social and Economic Conditions ICSE Solutions for Class 9 History and Civics – The Sangam Age: Kingdoms and The Social and Economic Conditions EXERCISES Question 1. Name the oldest language of South India. OR Name the oldest Dravidian language. Answer: Tamil. Question 2. What is known as Sangam literature? Answer: The word ‘Sangam’ means ‘Assembly’. According to early tradition, three Sangams or Assemblies of literary men were held at Madurai, the center of great literary activity in the Tamil Country. It is generally accepted that these assemblies lasted from about first century BC to the fifth century AD. Many poets, scholars and bards who gathered there, produced a large volume of excellent Tamil poetry. These literary compositions were collected and complied into books called the Sangam literature. Question 3. Name any two literary sources to reconstruct history of the Sangam...