History · From State to Empire
UGC NET June 2014 History
The Padirruppattu is a collection of poems in praise of which one of the following?
AChera ✓ Correct
BChola
CKadamba
DPandya
Correct answer: (A) Chera — The Padirruppattu is in praise of the Chera kings, so the answer is the Chera.
Explanation
★The Padirruppattu is in praise of the Chera kings, so the answer is the Chera.
★It is a classical Tamil work and one of the Eight Anthologies of Sangam literature.
★It is a panegyric collection of the puram, or war and public life, type of poems.
★The Chera kings stand at the centre of this work.
★The text refers to them as the cheramal.
★It is an important source for the history of the Cheras.
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