Which one of the following explains the practice of 'Vattakirutal' as mentioned in Sangam poems?
- AKings employing women bodyguards
- BLearned persons assembling in royal courts to discuss religious and philosophical matters
- CYoung girls keeping watch over agricultural fields and driving away birds and animals
- DA king defeated in a battle committing ritual suicide by starving himself to deathCorrect
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