Archaeology & Prehistory
Adichanallur urn-burial site
c. 1000-500 BCE (some earlier claims)Iron Age Tamil communitiesAdichanallur (Tamil Nadu)Tamil Nadu
1,000 BCE
A large urn-burial ground with iron, bronze and gold objects.
- Dated
- 1,000–500 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 1000-500 BCE (some earlier claims)
- Originator
- Iron Age Tamil communities
- Source text
- Adichanallur (Tamil Nadu)
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Some proposed dates are older and contested.
Path to modern innovation
Illuminates Iron-Age Tamil society before the Sangam texts.
Transmission
A key site for early Tamil/South Indian culture.
References
- 1ASI excavations
Further reading
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