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THE SANGAM AGE.
was a prominent character in South Indian politics.
3. That this age of Senguttuvan was the second century of the Christian era.
4. That these conclusions find support in what is known of the later history of South India.
Collecting the various evidences then available, he has maintained Kanakasabhai Pillai's theory with slight modification in the dates of a few kings. This view, however, was not accepted by a section of scholars among whom Diwan Bahadur Swamikannu Pillai and Mr. K. V. Subramania Ayyar deserve special mention. They maintain that the date of the Sangam is to be sought in the seventh century A.D.
It is not our object to critically examine here the views expressed by the two latter scholars. But we shall take up for our serious consideration the theories of Professor S. Krishnaswami Anyyangar and Pundit M. Raghava Ayyangar of the Tamil Lexicon Office.
Pundit Raghava Ayyangar, in a work wlich he published a few years ago in Tamil, entitled Cheran Sengutluvun, bas devoted a chapter for the examination of the date of the hero. His conclusions are important, as they present a view of South Indian History not to be easily brushed aside. They may be briefly set forth thus :
1. That the age of the Sangam must be 5th century A.D., as Māmūlanār refers in Aham 265, to the destruction of Pataliputra by the Ganges, which event took place in the period
Conclusions of Pundit Raghava Avvangar.
