Patridupattu is among the three works attributed to Kerala poets during Sangham Period, the first three centuries of the Christian era. Sangham Period refers to the time when academies flourished for the cultivation of poetic arts in various capitals of the
Pandiyan Kingdom. Patridupattu gives a lot of information about political and cultural domination of the kingdom.
Shilappadikaram and
Kalavali-harpathu are other two poems of the same era.
