History · From State to Empire
UGC NET June 2012 History
The seat of the third Sangam of Tamil poets was located at
AUraiyur
BMadurai ✓ Correct
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DKanchi
Correct answer: (B) Madurai — The third Sangam of Tamil poets was held at Madurai, so the answer is Madurai.
Explanation
★The third Sangam of Tamil poets was held at Madurai, so the answer is Madurai.
★It met under the patronage of the Pandyan kings of the far south.
★The president of the third Sangam was the poet Nakkirar.
★The Sangams were assemblies of poets that produced the classical Tamil literature.
★Most of the surviving Sangam works belong to this third assembly.
★Madurai remained the great cultural capital of the Pandyas.
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