UPSC Principle and Vice Principle GK/GS History of India Part - 4

The Sangam assembly of ancient Tamil poets was traditionally patronized by the rulers of which dynasty?

Type: MCQ • Marks: 1
The Sangam assembly of ancient Tamil poets was traditionally patronized by the rulers of which dynasty?
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A. Pandyas
B. Cheras
C. Cholas
D. Pallavas
Explanation
Pandyas Sanskrit scriptures, he systematically argued The Sangam assemblies of Tamil poets and that Hindu texts supported widow remarriage. scholars were traditionally convened and His persistent petitions and public campaigns patronized by the rulers of the Pandya dynasty persuaded the colonial government to enact at their capital city of Madurai. These literary the Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act XV of academies produced a massive body of early 1856 under Lord Dalhousie, legalizing widow South Indian classical Tamil literature, known remarriage. as Sangam literature, which provides invaluable historical insights into ancient Tamil political,
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