In the fourth round (2018), 5,820 antiquities were found. Thus, the excavations in the fourth round were carried out by the SDA. On the intervention of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, ASI permitted the SDA to take up further excavation on its own.
This led to criticism that the excavation had been deliberately restricted to 400 metres. Keeladi almost faded from public memory as there was no “significant finding” in the third round. Amarnath Ramakrishna, was transferred, in a perceived attempt to play down the excavation findings. First, the excavation report was submitted late. The third round (2017) saw a delayed start. Results of carbon dating of a few artefacts, which were released in February 2017, traced their existence to 2nd century BCE (the Sangam period). This round was significant as it provided archaeological evidence about what was found in Tamil literature. The works of this period are collectively called Sangam Literature). (Tamil Sangam, an assembly of poets, had its seat in Madurai between 4th century BCE and 2nd century BCE. This civilisation has been described by Tamil poets belonging to the Sangam period. The second round (2016) threw up strong clues about the existence of a Tamil civilisation that had trade links with other regions in the country and abroad. The first round of excavation, undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), unearthed antiquities that “may provide crucial evidence to understanding the missing links of the Iron Age to the Early Historic Period and subsequent cultural developments.”
Keeladi tale began to unravel in March 2015. Keezhadi excavations: Sangam era older than previously thought, finds study Findings over the years These place Keeladi artefacts about 300 years earlier than previously believed. The Lab had found that the cultural deposits unearthed during the fourth excavation at Keeladi in Sivaganga district could be safely dated to a period between 6th century BCE and 1st century CE. Earlier, carbon samples from Keeladi had been sent to the Beta Analytic Lab in Miami, Florida, for carbon dating, a widely accepted tool to ascertain the age of archaeological and historical remains.
Publication of a report by the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (SDA) on September 18. The visitors flocked to the hamlet in curiosity and fascination following the A stall selling snacks and coffee sprung up at what looked like a new picnic spot.Īn astonishing 1.16 lakh people visited the site between September 20 and October 10. Visitors and thousands more, a temporary parking lot was created in Keeladi. Also on his way by rail was Chennai-based documentary filmmaker Amshan Kumar. It was their second visit to the excavation site. The next week, three Sri Lankan Tamils arrived at the same spot. In the last week of September 2019, Keerthi Jeyaraj, Director of EduRight Foundation, flew from Texas, the U.S., to Pallichandai Thidal, a nondescript mound at the far end of Keeladi, a tiny hamlet located 12 km southeast of the historic city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
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