MK Stalin: We’ll prove that history of Indian subcontinent must begin from Tamil landscape, Stalin says | India News
CHENNAI: Thamirabarani civilization is 3,200 years old, Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin announced in the state assembly on Thursday. The age was determined based on a carbon dating analysis of rice and soil found in a burial urn in Sivagalai in Tuticorin district. The AMS carbon dating method used by US lab Beta Analytical found that the rice found in the urn belonged to 1155 BCE which is 600 years older than the sample found in Keeladi. Stalin said that the government would set up a museum in Tirunelveli at a cost of Rs 15 crore to showcase rare artefacts found in Adichanallur, Sivagalai and Korkai. "To establish the ancientness of Chera country and culture, the state government will conduct excavations at Chera era port city Musiri (now Pattanam) in Kerala along with local archaeologists. Likewise, studies will be conducted at Vengi in Andhra Pradesh, Talakadu in Karnataka and Palur in Odisha with the help of local archaeologists," Stalin said while making a suo motu statement in the assembly. He further said the state archaeological department would conduct research in Quseir al-Qadim in Egypt, which was once part of the Roman empire as well as in Khor Rori in Oman, to establish Tamils’ trade relations with these countries. The government would also conduct similar studies in Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam -- which were conquered by Tamil king Rajendra Chola -- with the help of the local archaeologists, he added. "In search of cultural roots of Tamils, we will travel across the world. The government will scientifically establish with evidence that the history of the Indian subcontinent should begin from the Tamil landscape," Stalin said. Source link Read the full article
