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==Archaeological excavations== | ==Archaeological excavations== | ||
===Excavations in 2006=== | ===Excavations in 2006=== | ||
In early 2006, a polished Neolithic celt (tool) that had engravings resembling the Indus script was found by a school teacher V. Shanmuganathan.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050112670100.htm Polished stone celt with Indus valley script discovered in Tamil Nadu].[[The Hindu]]</ref> The celt, a polished hand-held stone axe, has four [[Indus Valley]] signs on it. The artefact with the script was dated to 1500 B.C. | In early 2006, a polished Neolithic celt (tool) that had engravings resembling the Indus script was found by a school teacher V. Shanmuganathan.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080501232456/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050112670100.htm Polished stone celt with Indus valley script discovered in Tamil Nadu]}}.[[The Hindu]]</ref> The celt, a polished hand-held stone axe, has four [[Indus Valley]] signs on it. The artefact with the script was dated to 1500 B.C. | ||
The four signs were identified by epigraphists of the Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology, according to its Special Commissioner, T. S. Sridhar. [[Iravatham Mahadevan]], one of the world's foremost experts on the Indus script, believed that this discovery was very strong evidence that the Neolithic people of Tamil Nadu and the Indus Valley people "shared the same language, which can only be [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] and not [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]." He added that before this discovery, the southernmost occurrence of the Indus script was at Daimabad, [[Maharashtra]] on the Pravara River in the [[Godavari]] Valley. The possibility of the celt coming from North India was also ruled out as the material of this stone was of peninsular origin. | The four signs were identified by epigraphists of the Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology, according to its Special Commissioner, T. S. Sridhar. [[Iravatham Mahadevan]], one of the world's foremost experts on the Indus script, believed that this discovery was very strong evidence that the Neolithic people of Tamil Nadu and the Indus Valley people "shared the same language, which can only be [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] and not [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]." He added that before this discovery, the southernmost occurrence of the Indus script was at Daimabad, [[Maharashtra]] on the Pravara River in the [[Godavari]] Valley. The possibility of the celt coming from North India was also ruled out as the material of this stone was of peninsular origin. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050101992000.htm Significance of Mayiladurai find] - ''The Hindu'', 1 May 2006 | * {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430214654/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050101992000.htm Significance of Mayiladurai find]}} - ''The Hindu'', 1 May 2006 | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060619053930/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050117320200.htm Sembiyan Kandiyur yields many a megalithic vestige] - ''The Hindu'', 1 May 2006 | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060619053930/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050117320200.htm Sembiyan Kandiyur yields many a megalithic vestige] - ''The Hindu'', 1 May 2006 | ||
[[Category:Tamil history]] | [[Category:Tamil history]] | ||
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Tamil Nadu]] | [[Category:Archaeological sites in Tamil Nadu]] | ||