Period between 7th and 12th centuries, the period of Bhakthi movement, anĮffort for the revival of Hinduism to free the society from the Buddhism and The Tamil traditions were subdued till about 7th century AD. Jainism, especially Jainism to the Royal throne. In the ancient times underwent a dark period during 4th, 5th and 6th centuryĪ.D. Tamil land that excelled in the Shaivaite tradition One big family where people conduct themselves with dignity and These writings project the sentiment that the whole world is It is also probable that theological andĭid not permeate deeply into the society until later. (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism) played down the religious note deliberately andĬoncentrated on their poetic strengths. The less importance given to religious topics in the Sangam texts suggest that, the authors who belonged to three different religious groups Instruments, musical forms, Pans (the equivalent of Ragas) and so on. Treatises we come to know of the existence of different types of music, musical These great musical works like Tholkappiam ,Įtc., provide information on ancient Tamil music, which is believed by many, as the mother of the now more famous Carnatic music. Poetesses, an indicator to the important role playedīy women in literary field during the Sangam period. With conflicting names and dates involved in these Sangam collections, there were at least 27 Patthuppattu (Ten Idylls) dealing with akamthe subjective and Literary works of the last Sangam period includeĬollections of poems the ettuthokai (Eight Anthologies) and the This period rangesĪpproximately between 300 BC and 3 AD. The music of South India in the pre-ChristianĮra, viz the Sangam period, is called Tamil music. Though nothing is known about the music of Harappan culture - a distinctlyĭravidian one of the pre-Vedic period, it cannot be taken that there was no On the face of the earth, at all places and at all times of History. The period of great composers when carnatic music flourished - Hari's