The claims about early origins of iron, like in Tamil Nadu recently, show an obsession for showcasing regional achievements rather than addressing important questions about the past The Tribune ...

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Though Tamil Nadu so far had five locations – Paiyampalli, Valasai, Chettimedu, Mayiladumparai, and Molapalayam – identified as Neolithic Sites, Chennanoor is a treasure trove with about 1 ...

The Theni-Allinagaram municipal officials received the best award for its programs, K Mayiladumparai was chosen as the best panchayat union and Uthamapalayam was chosen as the best Town Panchayat ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

1604 to 1416 BCE, with c.1510 BCE as the mean value. After this, Sivagalai, Adhichanallur and Mayiladumparai were excavated in 2021. At Mayiladumparai, the excavations revealed a range of significant ...

At Mayiladumparai, samples were dated to 2172 BCE, surpassing earlier benchmarks of iron usage in the region. Kilnamandi, meanwhile, yielded a sarcophagus burial dated to 1692 BCE, marking a ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that Tamil Nadu's Iron Age began as early as 3,345 BCE, predating the Hittite Empire's iron usage by a millennium. Radiometric dating of burial urn samples from ...

Iron Age in Tamil Nadu may have begun around 3,345 BCE, a thousand years earlier than previously believed, new carbon dating from burial urns in Sivagalai reveals. This challenges the notion that ...

The earlier excavations at Sivagalai, Adichanallur, Mayiladumparai, Kilnamandi and Mangadu indicated the date falls between 2500 BCE and 3000 BCE as the introduction of iron in south India ...