With recent findings on the Iron Age creating excitement among archaeologists and scholars worldwide, Tamil Nadu has charted ...

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Archaeologists have found a 13-cm-long iron knife broken in three parts in the ongoing excavation site in Marungur in present ...

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Tamil Nadu's archaeology department recently released stunning evidence that Chief Minister MK Stalin said showed the Iron Age beginning there. Stalin lost no time in locating the new findings in the ...

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Until recently, the Iron Age in India was believed to have emerged between 1500 ... sense in light of the present discoveries,” he said. Unveiling the report, CM Stalin has announced initiatives to ...

Beyond the political theatrics, the report reflects the hard work of archaeologists. It deserves open-minded academic scrutiny.

K. Stalin, the new findings push the introduction of iron in the Tamil landscape back 5,300 years. "We have scientifically established that iron was introduced 5,300 years ago in the Tamil landscape.

ThePrint Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta, Political Editor DK Singh & archaeologist Disha Ahluwalia discuss what the archaeological findings mean & the politics behind them.

The Iron Age began from Tamil land," said chief minister M K Stalin, releasing the study ‘Antiquity of Iron: Recent Radiometric Dates from Tamil Nadu' by K Rajan and R Sivananthan on Thursday.