Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Medieval History

Assertion: Early Tamil bhakti traditions created space for questioning the exclusiveness of the Brahmanical social order.

Consider the following statements in support of the assertion:
I. Alvars and Nayanars came from social backgrounds ranging from Brahmanas to artisans, cultivators and communities regarded as untouchable.
II. Some devotional compositions placed commitment to the deity above birth, gotra and ritual learning.

  1. I supports the assertion, but II does not.
  2. II supports the assertion, but I does not.
  3. Neither I nor II supports the assertion.
  4. Both I and II support the assertion.
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