Sangam Age Literature And Society
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EXAMIVERSE
Legacy and Impact
- Sangam poems serve as primary sources for reconstructing early South Indian history.
- Established literary metres and rhetorical devices that influenced later Tamil and Telugu poetry.
- Pioneered Aham–Puram dichotomy, a framework for Indian aesthetics in love and heroism.
- Cultural ethos persisted in temple inscriptions, performing arts, and regional identities.