The classical epic 'Silappadikaram', which mentions the forest visit of Pandya chief Senguttuvan was originally written in which of the following language?

Tamil

The correct answer is Option (1) → Tamil

Silappadikaram was originally written in TAMIL.

This is an excerpt from the Silappadikaram, an epic written in Tamil:

When the Pandya chief 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.