The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c12.s4.5

c12.s4.5

A prosperous epoch of Tamil literature in Southern India may be taken to have been synchronous with the Empire of the Guptas in Northern India, i.e., the age of Kālidāsa, the *Purāṇas* and the *Mahābhārata*. A Tamil classic, the *Kurāl* by Tiruvallu, which in certain sections, reads almost like the *Gītā*, may be referred to this era. This work, recognized as it was by the third Tamil Sangam, deserves a careful analysis by students of social philosophy.