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Excavations in Kodumanal
June 22 , 2020
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- Recently, the State Department of Archaeology, Chennai has identified 250 cairn-circles from the Kodumanal excavation site in Tamil Nadu.
- This is for the first time that 10 pots and bowls were discovered from the site.
- Findings from the site also include an animal skull, beads, and copper smelting units, the mud walls of a workshop, potteries, and Tamil Brahmi script.
- This has thrown light on burial rituals and the concept of afterlife in megalithic culture.
- A megalith is a large prehistoric stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.
- Kodumanal is a village located in the Erode district in Tamil Nadu.
- It is located on the northern banks of Noyyal River, a tributary of the Cauvery.
- It was once a flourishing ancient trade city known as Kodumanam, as inscribed in Patittrupathu of Sangam Literature.
- It served as a trade-cum-industrial centre from 5th century BCE to 1st century BCE.
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