Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow:

"The Sangam literature apart from giving information on the important rulers who ruled over Tamil region namely the Pandyas (the oldest ruling dynasty in Tamil country ruling the southern part of Tamil Nadu)."

(Source: https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/84174/3/Unit-7.pdf)

(a) Name two Pandya rulers mentioned in Sangam literature.

(b) Which Pandya ruler defeated a Chera-Chola coalition?

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow:

"Feasts were organised for collective entertainment and had social significance as well. The custom of feeding guests was a common custom and eating without a guest to partake of the food was considered unsatisfying."

(Source: https://www.du.ac.in/up/oads/new-web/04012023_Appendix-108.pdf)

(a) Which forms of entertainment were widely practised in Sangam society?

(b) What activities were common in villages during the Sangam Age?

Describe the position of women during the Sangam Age.

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow:

"Early Cholas ruled over the kingdom of Tamil Nadu during the pre and post Sangam period (C. 600 BCE to 300 CE). Their early capitals were Urayur/Uraiyur (Tiruchirapalli) and Kaveripattinam. Mention of the early Chola, Chera and Pandayas is made in the Ashokan inscriptions (second and thirteenth rock edits). Karikala Chola was the most prominent of the early Cholas who is referred to in a number of Sangam poetic compositions."

(Source: https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/84174/3/Unit-7.pdf)

(a) How did the location of the Chola kingdom contribute to its agricultural prosperity?

(b) Discuss King Karikalan's contributions to the Chola dynasty, focusing cn his military achievements and the construction of Kallanai.

(c) How did the Cholas contribute to Tamil art, literature, and architecture?