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1,300 artefacts in Vembakottai
August 28 , 2024
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- More than 1,300 artefacts have been unearthed during the excavations at Vembakottai in Virudhunagar district.
- A carnelian intaglio showing a humped bull was also found at this site.
- This is the second such carnelian intaglio found during archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu.
- Another one such material on a wild boar was found in Keezhadi near Madurai in the past.
- Carnelian are generally found only in Maharashtra and Gujarat and intaglio technique is from Rome.
- The carnelian intaglio found in Keezhadi and Musiri belonged to the Sangam era.
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