The Sangam texts mention categories of people living in the villages. Identify the categories:
A. Masattuvan
B. Setthis
C. Uzhavar
D. Adimai
E. Vellalar
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → C, D, E only
The Sangam texts mention categories of people living in the villages:
A. Masattuvan
B. Setthis
C. Uzhavar
D. Adimai
E. Vellalar
Early Tamil literature (the Sangam texts) also mentions different categories of people living in the villages – large landowners or Vellalar, ploughmen or uzhavar and slaves or adimai. It is likely that these differences were based on differential access to land, labour, and some of the new technologies. In such a situation, questions of control over land must have become crucial, as these were often discussed in legal texts.