Choose the correct Answer:

The Sri Lankan chronicle composed in the Pali language mentioning about merchants and horse traders from Tamil Nadu

A. Deepa vamsa

B. Arthasastra

C. Mahavamsa

D. Indica

Student Activities

Visit a museum and collect information about inscriptions, coins and instruments used by the ancient people.

Student Activities

Visit the early historic sites of Arikkamedu, Kaveripoompattinam, Keezhadi etc.

Student Activities

Conduct a study on materials excavated from prehistoric sites and on Tamil - Brahmi script.

Student Activities

Mark on the map of south India, the ancient Tamilagam and the territories of Tamil kingdoms.

Find out the correct statement:

a) Evidence of iron smelting has been found in Kodumanal and Guttur.

b) Periplus of Erythren Sea mentions about the pepper trade with India.

c) Punch marked coins are the earliest coins used in India mostly made of gold.

d) The Sangam Age has its roots in the Bronze Age.

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___________ referred to the Westerners, including the Greeks, Romans and West Asian people.

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___________ the classic work on economy and statecraft authored by Kautilya during the Mauryan period.

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___________ refers to systematically digging a site to recover material evidence for exploring societies of the past.

Choose the correct Answer:

(i) Coins as a medium of exchange were introduced for the first time in the Sangam Age.

(ii) Prakrit was the language used by the common people in Northern India during the Mauryan period.

(iii) Vienna Papyrus, a Roman document, mentions trade related to Muziri.

(iv) The concept of Thinai is presented in the Tamil grammar work of Pathupaattu.

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__________ are documents scripted on stones, copper plates, coins and rings.