கலததக சடடம பரள வழவ / Economic Life Shown in Kalithogai

The people of the Sangam period were excellent in economic thought. They lived their lives to the fullest with the resources of the land they lived in. The livelihoods of the Sangam people are divided into five types. They are Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham, Neithal and Palai. It is categorised according to the resources of the land. The people living in the respective lands lived in a self-reliant economic environment with the resources available in those lands. The people of the Sangam period greatly respected work. They earned wealth through hard labor. They emphasised that the wealth earned through labor is permanent. Moreover, they achieved economic supremacy by acquiring goods produced in other lands through the barter system. The ancient Tamil people earned wealth from the natural resources available to them and the resources they produced and cultivated. It is evident in the songs of the Sangam literature. “Kalithogai” is one of the Sangam classics that portrays the economy of the Sangam Tamil People. The people employed in the various natural resources of their respective Thinai lands. Moreover, they lived by earning a living as their main duty. Materialism was a basic need of the Sangam People. Thus, the aim of this article is to show the economic life of the people of the Sangam period through the work “Kalithogai”.