For over 20 years, archaeologists in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu have been unearthing clues to the region's ancient ...

CHENNAI – A groundbreaking archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu is challenging existing global timelines for the Iron Age. Researchers have uncovered evidence suggesting that iron-making in ...

Tamil Nadu has emerged as a crucial locus in the narrative of the Indian Iron Age, challenging long-held assumptions about the origins of metallurgy in the subcontinent. This discovery not only ...

Prior to the Iron Age findings in Sivagalai, excavations in Mayiladumparai and Krishnagiri revealed that iron was used in Tamil Nadu as early as 2,200 BCE (4,200 years ago). The report on these ...