CHENNAI: Thamirabarani civilization is 3,200 years old, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced on Thursday. Age was determined from a carbon dating analysis of rice and soil found in a funeral urn in Sivagalai, Tuticorin district.
The AMS carbon dating method used by the American laboratory Beta Analytical found that the rice found in the urn belonged to 1155 BC, which is 600 years older than the sample found at Keeladi.
Stalin said the government would set up a museum in Tirunelveli at a cost of 15 million euros to display rare objects found in Adichanallur, Sivagalai and Korkai.
“To establish the country’s antiquity and Chera culture, the state government will conduct excavations in the Chera-era port city of Musiri (present-day Pattanam) in Kerala, along with local archaeologists. conducted studies in Vengi in Andhra Pradesh, Talakadu in Karnataka and Palur in Odisha with the help of local archaeologists, ”Stalin said while making a statement of his motu to the assembly.
He also said that the state archeological department will conduct investigations in Quseir al-Qadim in Egypt, which was part of the Roman Empire and also in Khor Rori in Oman, to establish Tamil trade relations with these countries. .
The government would also conduct similar studies in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, which were conquered by Tamil King Rajendra Chola, with the help of local archaeologists, he added.
“In search of the cultural roots of the Tamils, we will travel around the world. The government will scientifically establish with evidence that the history of the Indian subcontinent should begin from the Tamil landscape,” Stalin said.
The AMS carbon dating method used by the American laboratory Beta Analytical found that the rice found in the urn belonged to 1155 BC, which is 600 years older than the sample found at Keeladi.
Stalin said the government would set up a museum in Tirunelveli at a cost of 15 million euros to display rare objects found in Adichanallur, Sivagalai and Korkai.
“To establish the country’s antiquity and Chera culture, the state government will conduct excavations in the Chera-era port city of Musiri (present-day Pattanam) in Kerala, along with local archaeologists. conducted studies in Vengi in Andhra Pradesh, Talakadu in Karnataka and Palur in Odisha with the help of local archaeologists, ”Stalin said while making a statement of his motu to the assembly.
He also said that the state archeological department will conduct investigations in Quseir al-Qadim in Egypt, which was part of the Roman Empire and also in Khor Rori in Oman, to establish Tamil trade relations with these countries. .
The government would also conduct similar studies in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, which were conquered by Tamil King Rajendra Chola, with the help of local archaeologists, he added.
“In search of the cultural roots of the Tamils, we will travel around the world. The government will scientifically establish with evidence that the history of the Indian subcontinent should begin from the Tamil landscape,” Stalin said.