The archaeologist Amarnath Ramakrishna, who led the Keezhadi excavations in Tamil Nadu, was transferred to Assam in March 2017 – a move that had kicked up a storm. The Madras …
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Bench was hearing a PIL seeking preservation of the site The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court observed that the Keezhadi excavations would have a serious effect of rewriting…
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Three months into their excavation, the site began yielding interesting finds like beads made of glass, terracotta and even pearls. Other discoveries included figurines, roof tiles and also pottery. by Ahmed…
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COURTESY: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/keezhadi-archaeologist-amarnath-ramakrishna-transfer-sangam In late March 2017, Amarnath Ramakrishna, who was heading the excavation at the Keezhadi site in Tamil Nadu, was transferred to Assam. The Keezhadi site has yielded the…
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Sangam-era site at Keezhadi is as complex as Indus Valley, proof of a glorious Tamil civilisation
Sangam-era site at Keezhadi is as complex as Indus Valley, proof of a glorious Tamil civilisation In an interview to Scroll.in, Amarnath Ramakrishna, who led the ASI project before he…
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DECCAN CHRONICLE. | GOKUL VANNAN PublishedOct 1, 2016, 6:21 am IST UpdatedOct 1, 2016, 6:24 am IST Taking a close look inside the trenches, which are neatly dig out as square…
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DECCAN CHRONICLE. | GOKUL VANNAN PublishedOct 1, 2016, 6:21 am IST UpdatedOct 1, 2016, 6:24 am IST Taking a close look inside the trenches, which are neatly dig out as square…
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Wednesday, June 01, 2016 – 17:52 Keezhadi Pallai Sandhaipudur, a small village in Sivaganga has found a page in the history books. The Archaeological Survey of India believes that…
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T.S. SUBRAMANIAN Print edition : February 19, 2016 The ASI’s excavations at Keezhadi near Madurai, its largest in Tamil Nadu, have unearthed hard evidence of the city’s existence in the…
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https://www.newsgram.com/archaeologists-unearth-remains-of-sangam-age-in-a-city-near-madurai-tamil-nadu/amp/ A team of 10 archaeologists has been working in Keeladi since 2013 to unravel the remains of a habitation site Keeladi,a small village with a population of around 5,000…