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What is famous in Keezhadi?
Tamil-Brahmi script and graffiti marks In the fourth phase of excavations at Keezhadi, 72 potsherds with Tamil-Brahmi script were discovered at the site. Some of these artifacts have inscribed graffiti marks, similar to graffiti marks which some believe to have evolved from the Indus script.
What are the things found in Adichanallur?
Also found were baked earthenware utensils, a number of iron weapons and implements (mainly knives, short sword blades and hatchets) and a huge number of bones and skulls.
Why is Keeladi important?
The analysis of carbon samples collected from the Keeladi Excavations resulted as 6th century BCE (580 BCE). Which is evidence for the high literacy level that was well achieved in 6th century BCE in Tamil Nadu.
What is the oldest site in India?
Mint Lounge had written about the sites and their significance back in January 2013, when excavations had first confirmed the sheer size of Rakhigarhi. To read the Lounge story, click here.
Who discovered urn burials in Tamil Nadu?
Padmavathy. When the Adichanallur site was re-excavated by Dr. Satyamurthy in 2004 and 2005, he found 185 burial urns there, including 90 intact and 36 with complete human skeletons inside.
Is there a connection between Keezhadi and Tamil Brahmi culture?
Now research coming out of Keezhadi shows a possible connection between the two cultures. The samples featuring graffiti discovered from Keezhadi date back to 580 BCE. This graffiti is believed to be the link between the Indus script and the Tamil Brahmi.
Is Keeladi the most important site in Tamil Nadu?
Of the three habitation sites excavated in Tamil Nadu so far, Keeladi has far greater importance and traction than the other two—Arikamedu, in 1947, and Kaveripoompattinam, in 1965. The potsherds found in Keeladi have predominant Tamil-Brahmi inscribed.
Is Tamil Nadu’s Vaigai civilization of Dravidian origin?
DNA studies have shown that people of the Indus Valley Civilisation could be of Dravidian origin. The findings of the Tamil Nadu Archeological Department also indicate another major discovery — that an urban civilisation was thriving on the banks of the Vaigai River in Tamil Nadu in 6th Century BCE, around 2500 years ago.
What happened to Keeladi?
Like many riverside settlements which decline when the water source runs out, Keeladi too would have declined when their river might have shifted its course. Today, the Vaigai runs well over a kilometre away from the ancient Keeladi settlement.