Pura Nanooru or Pura Nanuru is an ancient Tamil Sangam collection of poems, dating from 900 BCE to 220 CE. It is one of the oldest Tamil anthologies. The collection has 400 verses from more than 150 poets. The poems concentrate on the subjects of war, beauty, culture, ethics, God worship, vows of kings, courtesy, bravery, words of wisdom for kings, civilization and all aspects of day-to-day living. Tamil may refer to: The Tamil language, which is one of the Dravidian languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. ... The Sangam is a collection of Tamil literature composed between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. ... Centuries: 11th century BC - 10th century BC - 9th century BC Decades: 950s BC 940s BC 930s BC 920s BC 910s BC - 900s BC - 890s BC 880s BC 870s BC 860s BC 850s BC Events and trends 909 BC - Zhou xiao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. ... Events Han Xiandi abdicates his throne to Cao Pi, symbolizing the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period in China. ... Anthology may also mean a Alien Ant Farm album ANThology, see Anthology (AAF Album) An anthology is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ...

An English language translation is available as The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom (ISBN 0231115636)

External links

• Book information at indiaclub.com, retrieved on January 8, 2006