Tamil Sangams
The Tamil Sangams or Cankams were assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets that, according to traditional Tamil accounts, occurred in the remote past.

Tamil Sangams

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Table Section Text: The Tamil Sangams or Cankams were assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets that, according to traditional Tamil accounts, occurred in the remote past.

Sangam	Time span	No. of Poets	Kingdom	Books

First	4440 years	549	Pandiya	No books survived

Second	3700 years	1700	Pandiya	Tolkāppiyam (author - Tolkāppiyar)

Third	1850 years	Pandiya	covers entire corpus of Sangam Literature

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The first Sangam had 549 members.

final_sentence: The first Sangam had 549 members.