Women’s Occupations in the Sangam Era

சங்க காலத்தில் மகளிர் தொழில்கள்

Abstract

Sangam literature explains that women held a high status during the Sangam era. References found in the Sangamakam (interior) poems help us to understand the status of women based on the landscape. The literature also describes how women were respected both in their public lives and private lives. This article elucidates the professions pursued by women during the Sangam period