A famous Tamil epic, the Silappadikaram was composed by a poet named Ilango, around ______ years ago.
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Correct answer: C
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The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 1800
A famous Tamil epic, the Silappadikaram, was composed by a poet named Ilango, around 1800 years ago.
- He is rumored to be as Jain Monk and the sibling of chera ruler Cenkuttuvan whose family and rule are depicted in the fifth ten of the Patirruppattu a sonnet of the Sangam writing.
- Ilango Adigal was a Jain priest, a Chera sovereign, and a poet.
- He is customarily credited as the creator of Silappatikaram, one of the Five Great Epics of Tamil writing.
- In a patikam (preamble) to the epic sonnet, he recognizes himself as the sibling of a renowned Chera ruler Ceṅkuṭṭuvan (Senguttuvan).
- This Chera lord, states Elizabeth Rosen, managed over his realm in the late second or mid-third century CE.
- However, this is doubtful because a Sangam sonnet in Patiṟṟuppattu – the fifth ten – gives an account of Ceṅkuṭṭuvan, his family and rule, yet never makes reference to that he had a sibling who turned into a parsimonious or thought of one of the most valued epics.