sivan was the chief diety of sangam age.
who was the chief diety of sangam age?
sivan
Na
Na
another important source of studying ancient tamil history are the coins that have been found in recent years in the excavations, megaliths, hoards and surface. the coins belonging to the sangam age, found in tamil nadu are generally classified into three categories. the first category consists of punch-marked coins from magadha (400 bce–187 bce) and the satavahanas (200 bce–200 ce). the second category is made up of coins from the roman empire dated from 31 bce to 217 ce, coins of phoenicians and seleucids and coins from the mediterranean region (c. 300 bce). the third category of sangam age tamil coins are the punch-marked silver, copper and lead coins dated 200 bce–200 ce and assigned to the sangam age tamil kings. the coins belonging to the first two categories mostly attest to the trading relationships that the tamil people had with the kingdoms of northern india and the outside world. but they do not offer much information regarding the sangam age tamil polity. the third category of coins, however, have provided direct testimony to the existence of ancient tamil kingdoms and have been used to establish their period to coincide with that of the sangam literature.
sources of ancient tamil history