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- A silver punch marked coin was recently excavated from Keezhadi.
- It bore the symbols of the sun, the moon, the taurine and other geometrical patterns.
- Studies on this found the coin to date back to the 4th century BC.
- It is before the time of the ancient Maurya empire.
- Keezhadi excavations show that there was extensive literacy in Tamil Nadu by at least 600 BCE.
- So, it is found that even 2,600 years ago common folk could read in Tamil Nadu.
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