[brraverishhh]

when i read the word SANGAM ... i remember my first year thamizh class ... we had a hot discussion, with somebody quoting that SANGAM itself is not a Thamizh word !

The reason he gave was like in the word SANGAM -> the first letter "sa" as per thamizh dictionary does not exist ! the sa existing is actually cha -> as we are using it dually !

Is this true about SANGAM ?

yea BG is rite! the word sangam is not tamil, according to tholkappiyam atleast. Bcoz in tholkappiam it is said that "cha" or "sa" (watever u call, it doesn matter) are not supposed to be the first alphabhets of any proper tamil word. So scholars still wonder wether sangam era existed at all.