In which epic was the account of the Pandya chief Senguttuvan's forest visit recorded?

1) The Ramayana
2) The Mahabharata
3) The Silappadikaram
4) The Bhagavad Gita

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

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The correct answer is Option 3 - 3

1) The Ramayana
2) The Mahabharata
3) The Silappadikaram
4) The Bhagavad Gita

The Pandya chief Senguttuvan visits the forest:

This is an excerpt from the Silappadikaram, an epic written in Tamil: (When he (Senguttuvan) visited the forest) people came down the mountain, singing and dancing … just as the defeated show respect to the victorious king, so did they bring gifts – ivory, fragrant wood, fans made of the hair of deer, honey, sandalwood, red ochre, antimony, turmeric, cardamom, pepper, etc. ... they brought coconuts, mangoes, medicinal plants, fruits, onions, sugarcane, flowers, areca nut, bananas, baby tigers, lions, elephants, monkeys, bear, deer, musk deer, fox, peacocks, musk cat, wild cocks, speaking parrots, etc.