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A glorious history is written in Tamil Nadu: MK Stalin reveals Thamirabarani civilization is 3,200 years old!

By alagu, 09 September, 2021
MK Stalin, Keezhadi, Tamilnadu

The drive of archaeological excavations in southern parts of Tamil Nadu has been unearthing the nectars of Tamil civilization and the findings of the artefacts have been pouring a repute to the civilization that the Tamil ancestors lived with sound knowledge in farming and fostering cattle. The urns and graffitis that were exhumed last year in Keezhadi, Sivaganga district had implied that the Tamil civilization is 2,600 years old and the findings had revealed that the graffitis are believed to be the link between the Indus script and the Tamil Brahmi. 

While Keezhadi has shown traces of a significant lifestyle on the banks of the Vaigai river, the latest development had further contributed to writing a new history as the Porunai River (Thamirabarani) civilization in Tirunelveli's district has now been revealed that it dates back to 3,200 years. In what has become a moment of glory as the excavations are gifting a pile of precious discoveries, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has on Thursday announced the findings of Porunai River Civilization, that were unearthed in Sivakalai in Tirunelveli district. 

Speaking in the assembly under rule 110, MK Stalin said that the government will establish Porunai Museum in Tirunelveli to display the artefacts that were discovered in the excavations carried out in Sivakalai, Adhichanallur, and Korkai. By citing that he feels proud to make the announcement about the Porunai River civilization, the Chief Minister said that whenever the DMK comes to power, it was the rule of Tamil and Tamil ethnicity. Keezhadi excavations had unearthed golden ornaments, brick constructions, and the skeletons of bullocks akin to the Indus valley civilization. Through these findings, the whole world had come to know that the ancient Tamil people lived a prosperous life. 

Recently, the government has sent the samples of rice with soil found in a burial urn in Sivakalai to Beta Analytic Testing Laboratory to Miami, in the United States for examining the time period. After the analysis, the laboratory has released the test report on August 27 in which it has defined that the burial urn dates back to 1155 BCE. The Chief Minister has announced the carbon dating analysis test report in the assembly and said that a museum will be established in Tirunelveli at a cost of Rs 15 crore. 

MK Stalin said, "The finding has established that the Porunai River civilization dates back to 3,200 years. It is the duty of the government to scientifically prove that the history of the Indian sub-continent should begin from the Tamil landscape." Stalin has further announced that the government won't limit the excavation within Tamil Nadu as the landscape has a history beyond the borders. He said archaeological excavations would be carried out in other states and countries in search of Tamil roots there and in the first phase, studies would be undertaken at the ancient port of Musiri, now known as Pattanam in Kerala. 

The Chief Minister stated that the excavations will be carried out jointly with archaeologists in Kerala to discover the culture of the Chera dynasty and similar researches will be done in Thalaikadu, Karnataka, Vengi, Andhra Pradesh, and Palur in Odisha. MK Stalin further said that the State Archaeology Department would conduct research in Quseir al- Qadim and Pernica Anekke in Egypt. These areas were part of the Roman Empire and these researches would help the government discovering the Tamils' trade relations with these countries. 

Furthermore, the Chief Minister announced that researches will be conducted in South-East Asian countries including Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam, where the Chola King Rajendra had reigned. It would be the first time in the history of Tamil Nadu that the excavations would go overseas and Tamil Nadu has been pioneering in archaeology than any other state in India. Taking to social media, MK Stalin said that the history of the Indian sub-continent should be written from Tamil Nadu.

 

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