Harappa-like Site Surfaces in

Tamil Nadu; 3,000 Ancient

Artifacts Found

Editors Note: Our ancient histories recorded in the Puranas trace back
human civilization for millions of years, yet people only want to believe
things if they are written in English books by westerners, whos main
motive is to declare their own religion as being the origin and source of
humanity.
The fact is there are thousands of such undiscovered archaeological sites in
India, which remain hidden because there is little interest in such research
by the government, and because there are tens of millions of people still

living on top of such places as Delhi (which was Hastinapur in ancient

times).
Where as other cities rose and fall with the passing of time, many ancient
cities in India such as Delhi, Varanasa, Ayodhya, etc., continue to be heavily
populated, making such research nearly impossible. Others have entered
into the sea, such as Dwaraka and Mahabalipuram, making research
difficult. Still other sites are located in Pakistan, and the government there
does not want to research them to prove the antiquity of Hindu civilization.
What is being found is really only the tip of the iceberg. If we want to locate
such ancient sites of human civilization, we need only to turn to the Puranas
and we can map out the entire history of the ancient world and the
population centers of the ancient times.

With structure after structure surfacing from under the soil, the massive
scale of an ancient urban centre that lies buried at Pallisanthai Thidal in
Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu is emerging.
The second phase of the work undertaken by excavation branch VI,
Bangalore, of the Archaeological Survey of India suggests that the
settlement at Keeladi village could be as large as the ones in Harappa and
Mohenjo Daro. The excavations reveal a well-built urban centre with many
amenities.

After exploration works on the Vaigai riverbed in 2013-14, the office of the
superintending archaeologist, excavation branch VI in Bangalore, shortlisted
Keeladi village for excavation. The first phase of the study carried out in
2015 unearthed various antiquities, iron implements and earthenware, both
foreign and locally made. The pot shreds of Arretine dating back to 3 BC
proved foreign trade existed in the region during the period.

As t he phase I study concluded that this was an ancient urban habitation

site, the ASI went for the next phase of excavation at Keeladi. According to
archaeologists working at the site, the results of phase II in 53 excavation
trenches are overwhelming. , The mound where we are excavating is of 3.5
km circumference in 80 acres of private agricultural land. We are finding
structure after structure of the habitation site, the first of its kind in Tamil
Nadu. It could be a huge urban settlement of independent civilisation on the
banks of the Vaigai, said K Amarnath Ramakrishna, superintending
archaeologist.

The current excavation works will go on till September this year. The
excavation is lending much credence to the narrative in Sangam literature
that throws light on the ancient Tamil way of life. The literature speaks
volumes about the public and personal lives of rulers and the people of Tamil
Nadu some 2000 or more years ago. However, there had been no solid
evidence in archaeology to support the Sangam way of life.

Madurai Kanchi, Nedunalvadai and Paripadal in the literature speak about the
Madurai and Pandya kingdoms in the region. These books talk about the
personal lives of kings and queens, their palaces and their way of life. But
we could not know exactly where the city mentioned in these texts existed,
says Vedachalam.