Bodhu Hill -Harur-Dharmapuri-Tamil Nadu India 3000 years Old stonehenge found

Bodhu Hill (Harur - Dharmapuri District)

3,000-year-old "Barrel Style Stone Circle Megalithic Structure" found near Harur in Dharmapuri District

Experts from the Tamil Nadu forest department, archaeologists and history and botany teachers discovered a Barrel Style Stone Circle Megalithic Structure atop Bodhu Malai near Harur in Dharmapuri district a couple of weeks back

King Rajaraja Chozhas" Pragatheeswarar Temple-Tanjore-Tamil Nadu-India 1100 Years Old Wonder

The Big Temple-Tanjore-Tamil Nadu-India

Entire Temple is constructed of 130,000 Tonnes of Granite

The Peruvudaiyar Kovil, also known as Brihadeeswara Temple, RajaRajeswara Temple and Rajarajeswaram, at Thanjavur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and an art of the work achieved by Cholas in Tamil architecture. The temple is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site and "Great Living Chola Temples".

Perumukkal - Tindivanam-Tamil Nadu - India - 4000 B.C petroglyphs are similar Egyptian Hieroglyphics Ltetters

During the chola period, Perumukkal was known as "Perumukkilaana Gangai Konda Nalloor" (Tamil: பெருமுக்கிலான கங்கை கொண்ட நல்லூர்)

Perumukkal is located 12 kilometres east of Tindivanam.

Perumukkal village has 6000 years old heritage. The historical importance of the village is the presence of 4000 B.C.E. Petroglyph, 7th century Mukthialeeswarar Temple, ruined Kamatchiamman temple and a Dargah.

Andipatti Hilla -Palani- Tamil Nadu-India - 3000 Years old Cave Paintings

Paintings that are over 3,000 years old, belonging to the Sangam period, showcasing the love and valour of Tamils, were discovered in the Andipatti hills near here on Sunday.

V Narayanamorthy, Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Research Institute, and his team came upon the paintings when they were inspecting some caves, west of Andipatti hills.

Arikamedu - Pondicherry-Tamil Nadu-India 2nd Cen, BC Trading Port between Roman and Tamilan

Remains Of A Trading Port Dating Back To 2nd Century

Arikamedu, the ancient Roman trade centre is 4-km south of Pondicherry on the Right Bank of Ariyankuppam River. Arikamedu is of special importance in South Indian archaeology and it is best known for its stone bead production. It has a long history that dates back to the 2nd century BC. Excavations in the Arikamedu area have brought to light the remains of a trading port, which had connections with the Greco-Roman world more than a century before the down of the Christian Era.

Aruvaveli-Theni-Tamil Nadu-India -3000 year old ancient roci art found

Rock art showing bulls with humps and without humps, deer, line drawings of a human being and jungle fowl and men celebrating perhaps after a successful hunt or a cattle raid have been found in two rock shelters in Tamil Nadu. Prehistoric man did them with white kaolin.

Theriruveli-Ramnad-Tamil Nadu-India 2000 year old ancient Tamili inscription found

The village Teriruveli is situated at 20 km east of Mudukulathur and 33 km west of Ramanathapuram town in Mudukulathur taluk of Ramanathapuram district.


In the excavation, coarse-red ware potteries, black ware, black and red ware, grey ware, Roman rouletted ware, russet coated ware and sherds with graffiti marks were unearthed in considerable quantity. 

Valiyam Parai-Javadi Hills-Polur-Tamil Nadu-India- 4000 years old stone age Tribal (Chitra Kullar)Caves

Wealth of information/ knowledge is available on the early inhabitants of Javadi hills, a place inhabited by human being even during Stone Age. Claims for supporting this are available in the form of 4000 years old Stone Age tribal caves. There are traces of evidence depicting the presence of Chitra Kullers before the invasion of present day outsiders. The rock houses still exist at Chepli above Pattaraikadu giving an affirmation that they might be kullers or the early tribes who lived as hunters. The glory of Javadi hills was prized even in the Patthu pattu, one of the earliest classical language Tamil literatures.

வாலியம் பாறை - குள்ளர் குகைகள்

அப்பகுதியை சேர்ந்த மலைவாசி மக்கள் செவி வழி செய்தியாக சொல்வது, வாலியம்பாறையில் வசித்த வாலியர்கள் என்ற கூட்டம் கட்டிய குள்ளர் குகைகள் அவை என்றும், 3 அடி உயரம் கொண்ட வாலியர்கள் பிறகு வடக்கே எங்கோ சென்று விட்டதாகவும் சொல்கிறார்கள். ஏராளமான சிறு பாறைகளை ஒன்றன் மீது ஒன்றாக அடுக்கி வைத்து மேலே அகலமான ஒரு பெரிய பாறையை கூரையாக வைத்து குகை போல அமைத்துள்ளனர்.

Dharmanallur-Cuddalore-Tamil Nadu India- 2200 year old megalithic burial site unearthed like Indus Valley Scripts

Megalithic era urn dug up in Cuddalore village points to Indus Valley connection


An urn and grave goods believed to be of the Megalithic period were excavated at Dharmanallur village near Sethiathope in Cuddalore district by the History Department of the Annamalai University. A terracotta well ring believed to be dating back to 800 years was also found at the same village.

Vembur - Varusha Nadu - Madurai - Tamil Nadu region is typical of the fate of megalithic burial sites

Vembur

On the menhir trail

The destruction of menhirs in Vembur in the Varusha Nadu region is typical of the fate of megalithic burial sites in other parts of Tamil Nadu. By T.S. SUBRAMANIAN

THERE were fewer than 10 menhirs jutting out of a scrub jungle on the knoll. Most of the scrub jungles, and with them the menhirs, had been cleared to make way for cultivation. All we—a group of archaeology buffs on a tour of archaeological sites in the Cumbum valley in Tamil Nadu, arranged by the Tamil Nadu chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)—could see were tell-tale tyre marks left by earthmovers.

Sambandhanur-Tiruvannamalai - Dating back 350 BC to 260 BC A magalithic tomb

Funnel shaped polished blackware found at the Sambandhanur excavation site near Tiruvannamalai, bearing arrow-like graffiti marks.

They were recovered from a megalithic site excavated in Sambandhanur village

Tiruvannamalai: Graffiti marks resembling the pair of arrows in the Indus script have been found on plenty of potteries in a megalithic burial site excavated recently at Sambandhanur village near here, according to R. Sekar, History department, Muthurangam Government Arts College, Vellore.

Tamil Traders did roaring business

WHILE RULERS CHANGED, TRADE THRIVED - The Times of India

With A System Of Merchant Guilds, Levies, Tamil Traders Did Roaring Business With Rome, Far East

N umismatic evidence shows that Roman-Tamil trade in ancient times thrived for centu ries without break, though now and then there was slackness. An important point is that intermodal transportation was well known then. Cargo came to the Indian west coast, moved to east coast by land and river, and left through the eastern ports. After emperor Nero's passing away in Rome there was a lull in sea trade, which recovered later though the currency changed from gold to silver and copper coins.

Adichanallur - Tirunelveli - The Lost Civilization

Lost Civilizations - Unexplained Mystery

Period Name, Description, Latitude, Longitude, Approx. date of origin

Adichanallur, India, 8.629894N, 77.876372E c.1800 BC

Adichanalloor (Tamilnadu) - Porunai Valley Civilization

Catalogue of the Pre-historic Antiquities from Adichanallur and Perumbai by Alexander Rea F.S.A (Scott) - 1915

The urn-burial site was brought to light when a German, Dr. Jagor, conducted a haphazard excavation at the place in 1876

Porpanaikottai- Pudukottai-2nd Century CE five line Triangular Stone with Tamizhi Inscription

The stone found near a pond was being used by people for washing clothes

Students of Department of Epigraphy and Archaeology of Tamil University here have discovered an important hero stone, a stone commemorating a heroic act, with Tamil-Brahmi (Tamizhi) inscription near Pudukottai. The discovery is considered to be significant in the history of early Tamil epigraphical research.

Parikulam - Tamil Nadu - India - 2 Lakh years Old Palaeolithic Tools Factory Found

Parikulam is located at 4 Km from Poondi reservoir, Tiruvallur Taluk in Tiruvallur District. The exploration in and around this village yielded good number of Palaeolithic tools and wood fossil from Mettupalayam, a nearby village. Based on this, a systematic excavation was conducted here in the year 2005-2006.

Excavation at Parikulam has revealed four stratigraphical layers and yielded various types of tools, which exposed all three Palaeolithic periods such as Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic cultures. The unearthed tools include Hand Axes, Hammers, Cleavers, Scrappers, Discoids, Lunates, Blades and Borers. On account of rich yield of variety of tools from a single site, it can be ascertained that Parikulam might have been a factory site.

பரிகுளம் பகுதியில் நடந்த அகழாய்வில், கற்கருவிகளை தயார் செய்கிற தொழில்கூடம் இருந்தது, கண்டு பிடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இவை, இரண்டு லட்சம் ஆண்டுகள் பழமையானவை என, தெரியவந்துள்ளது.

Proud to be an Tamilan

Ukkirankottai - Tirunelveli was a 1250 years old bustling centre of trade and commerce of the pandiyas

Ukkirankottai

Artefacts Show Pandiyas' Presence in Nellai Region

A sleepy village now, Ukkirankottai in the district was a bustling centre of trade and commerce till the reign of the Pandiyas. The ongoing excavations here has thrown new light on human settlement and trade during the period.

Vadamalakunda -2500 year old Age Megalithic Burial site found bargur

An early Iron Age megalithic burial site dated to black and red ware period was excavated here at Vadamalakunda along the forested area of Krishnagiri-Andhra Pradesh border.

The stone-built cist burials were hit upon by a two-member archaeology team from Chandrashekarendra Sarawathi Vishwa Maha Vidyalaya, Kancheepuram, here. The team had been working at the site for about a week.

Happy Tamil New Year

Pappampatti- 20,000 -40,000 year old rock art found in palani hills

பழநி அருகே பாப்பம்பட்டி மலைக்குகையில், 20 முதல் 40 ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு வாழ்ந்த, கற்கால மனிதர்களால், பாறைகளில் வரையப்பட்ட ஓவியங்கள் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Thirukonamalai - Millennium old Tamil Inscription found in (Sri Lanka)

A stone slab having a Tamil inscription, clearly in the alphabet of the Chola times, was found in Trincomalee while digging for cricket stadium construction work recently. The land where it was found is a part of the esplanade, on the right side of the Koa’neasvaram Road leading to the Siva temple inside Fort Frederick and is adjacent to the bay where the temple’s Theerththam (water cutting) ritual is held. Sometimes back, a Buddhist Vihara and another structure called Sanghamitta Buddhist Rest were constructed at this place. The inscribed slab was taken into possession by the Trincomalee police and was sent to the Department of Archaeology in Colombo.

The construction work for a modern cricket stadium in the esplanade was financed by the Provincial Governor’s Fund

Gudiyattam - Vellore - Tamil Nadu 4000 years old Panjapadavar stone Arts

குடியாத்தம் அருகே, ஏரிப்பட்டரை பஞ்சபாண்டவர் பாறையில், 4,000 ஆண்டுகள் பழமையான கல்திட்டைகள்

Gedimedu - A 2000 Years Old Square Labyrinth - Second Largest maze of ancient stones found- Pollachi-Tamil Nadu

Gedimedu

Second largest maze of ancient stones found

A 2,000-year-old square labyrinth has been discovered in Gedimedu, a village 16km from Pollachi, by a team of researchers from the Verarajendran Archaeological and Historical Research Centre, Tirupur. The finding attains significance as the site lies on an ancient trade route that runs from Palakkad Gap to Alagankulam on the east coast via Pollachi, Udumalai, Dindigul, Madurai and Thiruthangal.

Sinnandimadai - Pollachi - South India -2500 Years Old Dolmen (Burial) Found

Sinnandimadai: 2,500-yr-old dolmen found near Pollachi

Shows Burial Was Preferred In South India

A 2,500-year-old slab cist or dolmen was found at an excavation site near Pollachi recently . Archaeologists said the finding gives an insight into the burial rituals practised by Deccan people in the Megalithic Age. The slab cist also confirms some burial rituals mentioned in ancient Tamil literature, they say .

Pushed Back the History of Human settlements in the area to around 8000 BC, that is around 10000 years from now

New Proof Pushes Back Date of Human Settlements in Thanjai Tamil University campus in Pillayarpatti

Recent archaeological excavation undertaken at the Tamil University campus in Pillayarpatti has pushed back the history of human settlements in the area to around 8,000 BC, that is around 10,000 years from now.

Bujang Vally According to Tamil Literature - Kadaram

Bujang Valley (Kadaram (Kedah) (Malaysia)

Trade and commerce between medieval Tamil and Malay rulers

The Bujang Valley was originally called Kadaram (Kedah)

Uthirakosanamangai-Ramanathapuram-2300 Years Old Town

Artefacts point to existence of trade centre

   The district heritage club’s collection of artefacts from two villages near Uthirakosamangai has thrown up possible evidence that a trade centre existed in the villages about 1,500 years ago and the Sangam Pandyas had traded with Romans and Chinese.

Mothur - Tamil Nadu - Antiquity of Village went back to the Neolithic age about 10000 years old

மோதூர் அகழாய்வு

தமிழ்நாடு அரசு தொல்லியல் துறையினர், 2005-ம் ஆண்டு இங்கு விரிவான அகழாய்வு ஒன்றை மேற்கொண்டனர். இந்த அகழாய்வில் காணப்பட்ட மண்ணடுக்குகளில், புதிய கற்காலத்தைச் சார்ந்த கற்கருவிகளும், மட்கலன்களும் ஏராளமாக கிடைத்துள்ளன. 

Paiyampalli Rock Art-1390+100 BC -Tamil Nadu India

Neolithic & Megalithic settlements have been found at Paiyampalli

The habitation — cum burial site Paiyampalli (12° 30' N 78° 36'E) lies on Bangalore—Madras trunk road and about 5 km east of .Barugur. The excavations conducted in the years 1964-65 and 67-68 at Paiyampalli (Rao[8]) brought to light two cultural periods, viz., the Neolithic (period 1) and the megalithic (period II). The carbon-14 determinations of the charcoal samples indicated for period I A date at 1390±100 B.C and for period II at 315±100 BC.

Vellalore -Tirupur - Tamil Nadu 2100 year old Roman Silver Coin and 1700 year old Copper Coins Unearthed

Roman artefacts found in Vellalore

An archaeological team from Tirupur unearthed a 2,100-year-old Roman silver coin and 1,700-year-old copper coins in Vellalore in Coimbatore, which was once part of an ancient trade route, a few days ago. The silver coin, weighing a little over 1g, has the sun god Jupiter driving a four-horse chariot on one side.