Letteratura Sangam

Per letteratura Sangam o Sangham (che nella lingua tamil significa "assemblea dei poeti") ci si riferisce al corpo della letteratura tamil classica creata tra il 600 a.C. e il 300 d.C.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5].

^ Alcuni propongono date più antiche (prima del 600 a.C.). Altri dicono intorno al 200 a.C. The date of 300 BCE may represent a middle-of-the road consensus view; e.g. see the well-received textbook, Ancient India, Upinder Singh, 2009, p.15. However, it is quite likely that the songs existed in oral tradition well before this date.
^ Kamil Veith Zvelebil, Companion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature, p.12
^ K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, A History of South India, OUP (1955) p.105
^ Classical Tamil (archiviato dall'url originale il 7 luglio 2010).
^ T.S. Subramanian, Jain History of Tamil Nadu vandalised, su jainology.blogspot.com, 10 luglio 2009. URL consultato il 3 giugno 2011.
«The six Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions of the 2nd century B.C. on the brow of five caverns on the Kazhugumalai hill near Mankulam, 38 km from Madurai, are the most ancient ones in Tamil Nadu and establish the historical facts that the Pandyan king Nedunchezhiyan ruled in the 2nd century B.C. and that Sangam literature dates back to the same period.»

[1] Alcuni propongono date più antiche (prima del 600 a.C.). Altri dicono intorno al 200 a.C. The date of 300 BCE may represent a middle-of-the road consensus view; e.g. see the well-received textbook, Ancient India, Upinder Singh, 2009, p.15. However, it is quite likely that the songs existed in oral tradition well before this date.

[2] Kamil Veith Zvelebil, Companion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature, p.12

[3] K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, A History of South India, OUP (1955) p.105

[4] Classical Tamil (archiviato dall'url originale il 7 luglio 2010).

[5] T.S. Subramanian, Jain History of Tamil Nadu vandalised, su jainology.blogspot.com, 10 luglio 2009. URL consultato il 3 giugno 2011.
«The six Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions of the 2nd century B.C. on the brow of five caverns on the Kazhugumalai hill near Mankulam, 38 km from Madurai, are the most ancient ones in Tamil Nadu and establish the historical facts that the Pandyan king Nedunchezhiyan ruled in the 2nd century B.C. and that Sangam literature dates back to the same period.»

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