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. (10[1])Under the Pandyan dynasty, (10[1])scholars (10[1])of this ethnicity gathered to compile literature in three “sangams,” (10[2])which (10[1])inspired five (10[1])“great epics” of this ethnicity’s language. The three namesake “kings” of this ethnicity included the Chera and the Chola dynasties. (10[1])A member of a militant organization named for this (10[1])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■

ANSWER: Tamil [accept Tamil Nadu; accept the Tamil Tigers or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; prompt on Dravidians; prompt on Indians]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper RohColumbia BRowan A3910
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AHaverford4310
Aum MundheRutgers AYale B4410
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ACornell C5410
Srikar VenkatesanPenn BVassar5410
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BPrinceton B5510
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU ABard A5710
William OrrYale AYale C7710
Austin GuoPrinceton AColumbia C8610

Summary

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