The Third Sangam ( Tamil: மூன்றாம் சங்கம், ''Moondram Sangam'') (

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: മൂന്നാം സംഘം, ''Moonnam Sangam'') or the Third Academy, also known as the Madurai College of Antiquity, was a historical assembly and the last of the three Tamil Sangams. Established under the aegis of 49 Pandyan kings with 449 participating poets, it ran for 1850 years, ending around the time that

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emerged. All surviving

Sangam literature The Sangam literature ( Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், ''caṅka ilakkiyam'';) historically known as 'the poetry of the noble ones' ( Tamil: சான்றோர் செய்யுள், ''Cāṉṟōr ceyyuḷ'') connote ...

comes from this particular Sangam. The seat of the Third Sangam was the city of

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* Ancient Tamil Nadu Cultural history of Tamil Nadu Tamil history {{India-hist-stub

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