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Industry in Ancient Tamil Country

...that convicts were employed as pearl divers in Korkai, an important industrial center of ancient Tamil country ?

...that trade with Rome was an important contributor to the economy of ancient Tamil country ?
...that the Roman merchants who traded with ancient Tamil country, used the monsoon winds to reduce the travel time between Egypt and India to forty days?

...that the Kallanai, built by Karikala Chola to support agriculture in ancient Tamil country, is considered the oldest water-regulation structure in the world?

...that each of the five geographical divisions of ancient Tamil country had their own patron deity ?
...that hindus in ancient Tamil country worshipped different deities depending on the landscape of the region they lived in?

One of:
- ...that the Sangam works such as Mathuraikkanci and Netunalvatai give a vivid description of the everyday life of people in the Early Pandyan Society, about 2000 years ago?
- ...that in the Early Pandyan Society, there were several class distinctions among the people, based on their occupations, which may have eventually led to the caste system?
- ...that women in the Early Pandyan Society were exposed to education, a fact testified by the existence of at least thirty women poets in Sangam literature?
- ...that women in the Early Pandyan Society dressed their hair in different ways, which were indicative of their marital status?