Impact of Carnivore Diet in Sangam Age

Abstract

Meat was a significant part of the diet of the people of the Sangam Age. It is a law of human emancipation that this meal continued to be a remnant of the hunting food of the primitive tribes. During the Sangam age, meat was served according to the wishes of the guests. People have eaten that food in large quantities. There are references in the Sangam texts that this diet was socially approved. The purpose of this article is to show how the influence of such carnivorous foods is recorded in the Sangam texts.