There is a pride in being Tamil when we see old items in Keeladi civilization," another local Vinitha said. The second phase was conducted in 2016 and phase three in 2017.

In Keeladi, not far from here, researchers found pot shreds scribbled with ancient Tamil letters. Tamil has literature more than 2,000 years old.” He also touched upon women scholars of Sangam era.

In the first phase, as many as 3,254 artefacts and antiquities that are around 5,000 years old were unearthed from 16 trenches. Now, the second phase has begun at an estimated cost of `30 lakh.

Then there is the 'Poompuhar' underwater excavations along the south-central Tamil Nadu coast, which was originally thought to be 2,500 years old (or, 5th century BCE) but which some have been ...

The year was 1967. An anthology of Tamil poems, nearly two thousand years old, dropped into English in translation. A K Ramanujam, scholar, translator, and writer had released The Interior ...

The excavations so far has revealed that Keeladi had a 2,600-year-old civilization. This phase of excavation will go on till September. Published - May 20, 2020 02:13 pm IST ...

Since then, 18,000 artefacts have been unearthed from Keeladi alone. Across Tamil Nadu, there are eight sites where archaeologists are hard at work: ... (in Tirunelveli) is 3,200 years old.

Silver coin found at Keeladi reveals economic activities of settlement It is proof that there was trading with north India, says official Published - August 04, 2021 02:28 am IST - MADURAI ...

Minister for Tamil official language and Tamil culture K Pandiarajan has urged the Centre to extend financial aid to the state to establish a world class museum at Keeladi to display the artefacts ...

Artefacts unearthed in Keeladi have pushed the Sangam era to 600 BCE from 300 BCE, rice husks found in a burial urn in Sivakalai was found to be 3,200 years old, and that Tamils were aware of iron ...

'Tamil predates sand and stone' is an adage embedded in the psyche of us Tamils across the world. This is not just any jingoistic jargon; the stress is on the deep origins of Tamil, the allusion ...

Keeladi will enter its ninth season of excavations in 2023 under the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology. Ramakrishna had led a team that excavated 102 trenches in a 110-acre mound in two ...