Question

what are nadus and nagarams​

Answer 1

Answer:

Nadu and Nagaram are the Tamil forms the terms Countries and Cities.

Explanation:

Nadu is a common term in the Tamil language to refer a country.

Nagaram is a common term in Tamil language to refer a city.

Tamils used to refer a big piece of land as Nagaram (city) where lot of people live in a collaborative environment.

On the same way, they used to refer a big country that has states and cities in it as Nadu.

Answer 2

Explanation:

• Nadu and Nagarams are the administrative division of lands in South India during the Classical Age under the Cheras, Cholas, and Pandya Kingdoms.
• During the Classical Age, each kingdom was broadly divided into the Mandalams like the Chola Mandalam and each mandalam was unique with its own regional sociocultural characteristics.
• Each Mandalam was further divided into territorial smaller units called Nadu, which represented an agrarian unit compromising of few villages and towns called Nagarams under it.
• In regional languages like Tamil Nadu is used to denote a region, place, land, or domicile; and Nagaram is used to denote a small town.