What was 'Sangam' in ancient India?

Question

What was 'Sangam' in ancient India?

Option

a. Sangha or Mandai of Tamil poets

b. Tamil king's court poets

c. Tamil settlement

d. Mesolithic graves

ans. a

Solution-

The Sangam age in South India is a landmark in her history. The word sangam is the Tamil form of the Sanskrit word Sangha which means a group of person or an association. The Tamil Sangam was an academy of poets and birds who flourished in three difft places under the patronage of the Pandyan kings.