Did the Iron Age actually begin in Tamil Nadu? Study reveals …
Jan 24, 2025 · A groundbreaking study reveals that Tamil Nadu's Iron Age began as early as 3,345 BCE, predating the Hittite Empire's iron usage by a millennium. Radiometric dating of burial urn samples from Sivagalai indicate a thriving Iron Age civilization in southern India, contemporaneous with the Indus Valley Civilization. This discovery redefines the timeline of ancient civilizations in India.
Tamil Nadu: Birthplace of the Iron Age, New Study Reveals
A groundbreaking study reveals Tamil Nadu as the origin of the Iron Age, dating back to 3345 BCE, redefining global timelines.
New study: Iron Age began hundreds of years earlier, in Tamil Nadu…
Jan 24, 2025 · A new study says Iron Age began hundreds of years earlier – in Tamil Nadu. Why this is important Unveiling the findings, CM Stalin says, ‘History of Indian subcontinent must begin here (in Tamil Nadu)’
Tamil Nadu may be the birthplace of Iron Age, says study
Jan 23, 2025 · Iron Age in Tamil Nadu may have begun around 3,345 BCE, a thousand years earlier than previously believed, new carbon dating from burial urns in Sivagalai reveals. This challenges the notion that ...
Tamil Nadu’s Iron Age Discovery Reshapes Global ... - GKToday
Jan 25, 2025 · A new study indicates that iron technology in Tamil Nadu dates back to the early 4th millennium BCE. This discovery challenges previous beliefs that placed the onset of the Iron Age in India between 1500 and 2000 BCE.
Iron Age began in Tamil Nadu, declares CM Stalin citing global ...
Jan 23, 2025 · CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday, based on the results of scientific dating of archaeological samples, declared that iron was used in the present Tamil-speaking …
Iron Age began in Tamil Nadu, says Chief Minister MK Stalin
Jan 23, 2025 · The Tamil Nadu government announced groundbreaking archaeological research that revealed iron production origins in the state. According to Chief Minister MK Stalin, the latest research challenged existing historical understanding of the Indian subcontinent.
Sivagalai, wonder womb of Iron Age - dtnext.in
Jan 24, 2025 · CHENNAI: A series of exhaustive studies undertaken by the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department have shot Sivagalai, a nondescript village near Srivaikundam on the outskirts of Thoothukudi, to the limelight, propounding it as the ‘birthplace’ of the Iron Age. It all started at Mangadu in Mettur near Salem when an iron sword obtained from a cist burial site placed the calibrated age between ...
Excavation findings show iron age in TN dates back 4200 years: …
May 10, 2022 · With the iron artefacts found at Mayiladumparai dating to 2172 BCE, the new finding pushes the start of the Iron Age in Tamil Nadu to more than six centuries earlier than what was understood so...
Sivagalai sheds light on iron’s antiquity in Tamil landscape
Jan 23, 2025 · Excavations at Sivagalai reveal Iron Age artifacts dating back to 4th millennium BCE in Tamil Nadu.