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Answer the following questions briefly:

Agriculture was one of the main sources of subsistence in the Sangam Age. Give reasons.


• Agriculture was the main sources of income in the Sangam age.


• Subsistence in the Sangam Age was through agriculture because the technology wasn't very much advanced.


• People didn't have much knowledge about anything other than agriculture.


• Agriculture was the only thing they saw most people doing and that is how they learned and it kept going on


• It became the single source of subsistence for the people of that time.


• Agriculture was the only reliable source which never finished and the more they worked, the more they yielded.


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Answer the following questions briefly:

How important are coins as a source of evidence for the study of Sangam Age?


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Answer the following questions briefly:

The Tamil rulers were independent of Mauryan authority. What explanation would you offer.


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Answer the following questions briefly:

Overseas interactions brought glory to ancient Tamilagam. Give examples in support.


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Answer all the questions given under each caption:

Hero Stones:


a. What was the common practice in a pastoral society?


b. Who plundered the cattle wealth of enemies?


c. How were the dead warriors remembered?


d. Which Tamil text describes the procedures for erecting hero stones?