what is sangam literature?

TheSangam literature(Tamil: Sanga ilakkiyam)is the ancientTamil literatureof the period in thehistory of south India(known as theThamizhagamor theTamilagam) spanning from c. 300 BCE to 300 CE (Akananuru (1, 15, 31, 55, 91, 97, 101, 115, 127, 187, 197, 201, 211, 233, 251, 265, 281, 311, 325, 331, 347, 349, 359, 393, 281, 295),Kurunthogai(11),Natrinai(14, 75) are dated before 300 BCE).This collection contains 2381 poems inTamilcomposed by 473 poets, some 102 of whom remain anonymous. Most of the available Sangam literature is from theThird Sangam, this period is known as theSangam period, which refers to the prevalent Sangam legends claiming literary academies lasting thousands of years, giving the name to the corpus of literature.The Only religious poems among the shorter poems occur inparipaatal. The rest of the corpus of Sangam literature deals with human relationship and emotions.

The Sangam literature is the ancient Tamil literature of the period in the history of south India spanning from c. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This collection contains 2381 poems in Tamil composed by 473 poets, some 102 of whom remain anonymous.