Ancient Tamil music
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The ancient Tamil music is the historical predecessor of the Carnatic music during the Sangam period spanning from 500 BCE to 200 CE.
Yaazh, Ancient Tamil music instrument
Thannumai
Thanjavur temple
Uduku
Sangam literature
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The Sangam literature, historically known as the Poetry of the Noble Ones, connotes the early classical Tamil literature and is the earliest known literature of South India. The Tamil tradition and le
Ancient Tamil music
…The ancient Tamil music is the historical predecessor of the Carnatic music during the Sangam period spanning from 500 BCE to 200 CE. Many poems of the classical Sangam literature were set to music. There are various references to this ancient musical…
Sculpture of the Ancient Tamil Siddhar Agastyar who is traditionally believed to have chaired the first Tamil Sangam in Madurai
South India in Sangam Period
Ilango Adigal is the author of Silappatikaram, one of the five great epics of Tamil literature.
A palm-leaf manuscript (UVSL 589) with 100 folios, handwritten in miniature scripts by Shaiva Hindus. This multi-text manuscript includes many Tamil texts, including the Sangam era Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai. The folio languages include mainly Tamil and Sanskrit, with some Telugu; scripts include Tamil, Grantha and Telugu. It is currently preserved in U.V. Swaminatha Aiyar library in Chennai.