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**softy54534** · 05-26-2007, 04:03 PM

Dear Friends,

We need to understand how datings have been done.

The best and good Guide is Asoka's Stone Inscriptions all over India, in colloauial Sanskrit or Prakrit. They are dated in 3rd Cen. During this period Pandyas, Chera, Chola and Sathiya Putros i.e., Athiamans were big rulers of Tamilnadu. Later Athiaman's lost much contral in over 150 years and after 50 or more years Tamil country was referred as 3 Rulers Muventar country, this is almost only in around Ist Century Common Era(CE). Details in Sangam Lieterature confirm that Pandyas are outsiders who came after their Land was swallowed by water.

During early peeriod Korkai was not ruled by Pandyas and only later they won it and named as Mathurai, I st Cen BCE..

Similarly the dating of Srilanks's Gajawahu helps, which is in 2nd Century CE. So 200BCE- 200 CE, is now widely Historically acceptable dates for Sangam Literature.

We have many Inscriptions of Samana muni's though we do not have any Samana Lit of this period. We also have few Buddist Vihars dated to this period, though we do not have much about them in Lit.

Sangam Lit. is predominantly Hinduism Oriented and Vedic in nature.

05-26-2007, 04:03 PM	#40
softy54534 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,457 Senior Member	Dear Friends, We need to understand how datings have been done. The best and good Guide is Asoka's Stone Inscriptions all over India, in colloauial Sanskrit or Prakrit. They are dated in 3rd Cen. During this period Pandyas, Chera, Chola and Sathiya Putros i.e., Athiamans were big rulers of Tamilnadu. Later Athiaman's lost much contral in over 150 years and after 50 or more years Tamil country was referred as 3 Rulers Muventar country, this is almost only in around Ist Century Common Era(CE). Details in Sangam Lieterature confirm that Pandyas are outsiders who came after their Land was swallowed by water. During early peeriod Korkai was not ruled by Pandyas and only later they won it and named as Mathurai, I st Cen BCE.. Similarly the dating of Srilanks's Gajawahu helps, which is in 2nd Century CE. So 200BCE- 200 CE, is now widely Historically acceptable dates for Sangam Literature. We have many Inscriptions of Samana muni's though we do not have any Samana Lit of this period. We also have few Buddist Vihars dated to this period, though we do not have much about them in Lit. Sangam Lit. is predominantly Hinduism Oriented and Vedic in nature.
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