UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 1

Muvendar:
● Mentioned in Sangam poems.
● This is a Tamil word meaning three chiefs . So, option 2 is correct.
● Used for the heads of three ruling families , the Cholas, Cheras, and Pandyas.
● They became powerful in South India around 2300 years ago.
● Each of the three chiefs had two centres of power : one inland, and one on the coast.