UPSC Civil Services · 2013 · GS 1
Literature as Historical Sources
Though not very useful from the point of view of a connected political history of South India, the Sangam literature portrays the social and economic conditions of its time with remarkable vividness. Comment.
Original exam: 10 marks
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