Remains of Harappa like civilization found in Tamil Nadu

Madurai: A massive scale on an ancient urban centre that lied buried at Pallisanthai Thidal in Sivganga district of Tamil Nadu is emerging, ASI sources said.

• The structure after structure is surfaces from under the soil, they added.
• The settlement at Keeladi village could be as large as the ones in Harappa and Mohenjo Daro.
• The excavations reveal a well-built urban centre with many amenities.
• After exploration works on the Vaigai riverbed in 2013-14, the office of the superintending archaeologist, excavation branch VI in Bangalore, shortlisted Keeladi village for excavation.
• The mound where we are excavating is of 3.5 km circumference in 80 acres of private agricultural land.
• The current excavation works will go on till September this year.
• The excavation is lending much credence to the narrative in Sangam literature that throws light on the ancient Tamil way of life.
• The literature speaks volumes about the public and personal lives of rulers and the people of Tamil Nadu some 2000 or more years ago.