Question
This ethnic group built music-producing “singing steps” in a chariot-shaped temple, one of its “great living temples.” This ethnic group first produced high-carbon Wootz steel. An empire of this ethnicity led an invasion that ended the Sailendra dynasty of Srivijaya. Under the Pandyan dynasty, scholars of this ethnicity gathered to compile literature in three “sangams,” which inspired five “great epics” of this ethnicity’s language. The three namesake “kings” of this ethnicity included the Chera and the Chola dynasties. A member of a militant organization named for this ethnicity used an explosive vest to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi. For 10 points, name this ethno-linguistic group which names a state in Southern India followed by “Nadu.” ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Cooper Roh | Columbia B | Rowan A | 39 | 10 |
Forrest Weintraub | Columbia A | Haverford | 43 | 10 |
Aum Mundhe | Rutgers A | Yale B | 44 | 10 |
Anirudh Bharadwaj | Penn A | Cornell C | 54 | 10 |
Srikar Venkatesan | Penn B | Vassar | 54 | 10 |
Simon Emmanuel | Rutgers B | Princeton B | 55 | 10 |
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt | NYU A | Bard A | 57 | 10 |
William Orr | Yale A | Yale C | 77 | 10 |
Austin Guo | Princeton A | Columbia C | 86 | 10 |