🔆 Sangam Age: Key Highlights 📍 Titles of Sangam Dynasties ✅ Chola – Senni, Valavan, Killi ✅ Pandya – Thennavar, Minavar, Panchavar ✅ Cheras – Vanavar, Villavar, Kuttavar 📍 Village Administration ✅ Manram – Village assemblies managing local affairs ✅ Urs – Town ✅ Perur – Large villages ✅ Sirur – Small villages 📍 Trade & Ports (Periplus of the Erythraean Sea) ✅ Noura – Kannur ✅ Tyndis – Ponnani ✅ Muziris – Kodungallur ✅ Nelcynda – Kottayam ✅ Colchi – Korkai ✅ Camara – Kaveripattanam ✅ Poduka/Arikamedu – Pondicherry 📍 Major Trade & Industry ✅ Madurai & Uraiyur – Important textile centers ✅ Korkai – Center for pearl trade 📍 Land Classification by Fertility ✅ Marudam – Most fertile land ✅ Menpulam – Fertile land ✅ Pinpulam – Dry land ✅ Vanpulam – Hard land ✅ Kalaṇilam/Uvanilam – Salty land 📍 Market System ✅ Angadi – The market ✅ Nalangadi – Morning bazaar ✅ Allangadi – Evening bazaar 📍 Society & Culture ✅ Occupational Castes – Panar, Eyinar, Pulaiyar ✅ Devarinda – Term for a group of five gods: Murugan, Shiva, Krishna, Balarama, and Indra ✅ Karikala – Known as the Master of 7 notes of music ✅ Utharamerur Inscription – Provides insights into local self-government under the Cholas #ancienthistory #upsc #sangamage