alleryWhich Tamil literature is a major source of information on the early Cheras?
ASangam texts
BVedic hymns
CJataka tales
DPuranic epics
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sangam texts
1. Early historic Cheras are known from texts and foreign accounts.
2. Early Tamil literature, the Sangam texts, is a major source.
3. Vedic hymns, Jataka tales and Puranas are not the Tamil sources named.
_Source: Wikipedia, Chera dynasty, Lead section_
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