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Iron Age in TN

May 12 , 2022 921 days 2172 0
  • Excavations carried out by the Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology at Mayiladumparai in Krishnagiri district have placed the beginning of the Iron Age in Tamil Nadu 4,200 years before.
  • The Department released a report, ‘Mayiladumparai - Beginning of Agrarian Society; 4,200-year-old Iron Age Culture in Tamil Nadu’.
  • The late Neolithic phase was identified before 2200 BCE as there is a cultural deposit of 25 cm below the dated level.
  • It, also announced that the Department of Archaeology would undertake excavations at Pattanam in Kerala, Thalakkadu in Karnataka, Vengi in Andhra Pradesh and Palur in Odisha.

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