What can you infer about what happened in keeladi by the usage of the word ‘flocked’ in the second paragraph?

Nine years after it launched archaeological excavations in Keeladi, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has compiled a detailed report running into over 900 pages on the findings during the first two phases of the digging at the Sangam-era site and their significance. Superintending Archaeologist K Amarnath Ramakrishna, whose name is now synonymous with Keeladi, handed over the voluminous report in New Delhi on Monday to V Vidyavathi, Director General of ASI. Keeladi is a village located 12 km southeast of the ancient city of Madurai on the banks of River Vaigai. ASI's Amarnath Ramakrishna submits a voluminous report running into over 900 pages on the first two phases of archaeological excavations in Keeladi near Madurai to Director-General V Vidyavathi in New Delhi. — Sivapriyan E.T.B | சிவப்பிரியன் ஏ.தி.ப (@sivaetb) The 982-page report has 12 chapters that explains the historical background and objective of the excavation, dwell into the structural remains, potteries, graffiti shreds, terracotta objects, and different types of coins that were found during the excavations from 2014 to 2016. Over a dozen potteries and decorated potteries, including black and red ware, red slipped ware, perforated ware, applique decoration, jackfruit design, and incised decoration were found in the excavations along with terracotta beads, glass beads, shell beads, ivory beads, and pearl beads. Terracotta objects like human and animal figurines, pendants, ivory objects, metal objects, g...

In 2017, three years into an archaeological excavation at Keeladi, a nondescript village near Madurai that turned up over 5,800 artefacts, the Archaeological Survey of India inexplicably announced that there were "no significant findings." The ASI’s announcement, coupled with other decisions, like the transfer of Amarnath Ramakrishna — the Superintending Archaeologist who led the first two phases — to Assam led to a raging row in Tamil Nadu, which had begun to bask in the discovery of an early urban settlement having existed on the banks of Vaigai river. The transfer of Ramakrishna, a native of Palani in Dindigul, was attributed to him going public with the preliminary findings of the digging: that the site dates back to the state’s literature-rich Sangam Era. Tamil Nadu's political parties then accused the BJP of trying to “conceal” the findings of Keeladi and preventing the Tamil language and people from getting their due right in India’s history. The saffron party was also accused of hobbling the excavations by not allocating enough funds to the ASI. With an intervention from the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court following a petition filed by a lawyer, the Union Government allowed the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) to resume the excavations in 2018, picking up where the ASI left off. Since then, there has scarcely been a dull moment at Keeladi. The rich haul of artefacts — over 15,000 at last count, dating back at least 2,600 years (580 BCE) — u...

Keeladi Cultural period as follows: 3rd century BC to 12th century BC! Archaeological excavations are a never-ending journey of searching for the ancestors of our ancestors. Modern tools began to originate from small artifacts, wheels and artifacts discovered by the ancestors became the foundation of human development. The evolution of man can be predicted by properly classifying the identified archaeological sites. Keeladi this name has scored a high sensation in the present scenario. You may wonder why this Keeladi excavation is now been talked by many, and what’s the reason behind its popularity. If I say this Keeladi excavation is going to rewrite the history, would you believe it? You have to because the fifth excavation results at Keeladi had been announced officially and this has brought incredible findings that can possibly rewrite the pages of History. Artefacts which are found in excavations carried out at Keeladi have confirmed a possible link between the scripts of the Indus Valley Civilisation and Tamil Brahmi, which is said to be the precursor to modern Tamil. Yet another major discovery states that the Vaigai riverbed had an urban civilization that was cotemporary to the Gangetic plain civilization. Where is this village? Keeladi (also spelled as Keezhadi) is a quaint village located at a distance of 13 km from Vaigai riverbed civilization. This is a large-scale excavation carried out inTamil Naduafter the Adichanallur archaeological site. The settlement lie...

On September 19, the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department (TNAD) released a report Keeladi-An Urban Settlement of Sangam Age on the Banks of River Vaigai. The report reveals "cultural deposits", which were discovered in excavations in Keeladi near Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, were dated to a period between "6th century BCE and 1st century CE". The products could be dated as far back as 580 BCE, the report noted. The evidence provided by the dig: A settlement by the Vaigai plains, which was urbanised in Tamil Nadu around 6th century BCE. The report found: The recent scientific dates obtained for Keeladi findings push back the date of Tamil-Brahmi to another century—6th century BCE. These results clearly ascertained that they attained the literacy or learned the art of writing as early as 6th century BCE. In short, the Sangam era, which marked the largest social and cultural developments in Tamil Nadu, could be much earlier than 300 BCE when it was assumed to have commenced. Another finding: But it is to be noted that this site didn’t yield any objects meant for worship so far. This has sparked a debate on the historical connotations of the findings, and the larger political aspect. First, Science and Cell. Genetic and archaeological studies have long indicated three major waves of migration into India. The first one is the Out-of-Africa (OoA) migration that gave us the earliest Indians 60,000 years before. Secondly, in the early Neolithic period, it was believed there was an in...

Five years after it wrapped up excavation in Keeladi in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has set in motion the process to write a detailed report on the findings in the first two phases of the exercise, during which over 5,800 artefacts were unearthed. The ASI, which successfully conducted the first two phases in 2015 and 2016, had announced in 2017 that the third phase yielded “no significant findings” leading to an uproar in Tamil Nadu, where allegations of the Union government trying to “bury the past glory of Tamils” flew thick and fast. A PIL was filed in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court as the ASI’s declaration came after the superintending archaeologist who oversaw the first two phases was transferred to Assam and a new person was brought in. The court then asked the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) to take over the excavation from the fourth phase in 2018. The TNSDA has now sought permission for conducting the eighth phase of excavation in Keeladi from the Central Advisory Board for Archaeology (CABA). Also Read — K Amarnath Ramakrishna, the superintending archaeologist who discovered the Sangam-era site and transferred out, is writing the report along with his team of archaeologists since he is now back in Tamil Nadu as Superintending Archaeologist, Temples Survey Project, Chennai Circle. “The documentation, classification, and analysis of the first two phases of the Keeladi excavation carried ou...

This Sangam Era archaeological site, where excavations began for the first time in 2014, continues to throw surprises with a rich cache of artifacts, including an ivory rectangular dice and a female figurine made of terracotta, being unearthed in the eighth phase of the digging that is on the full swing now. The site has yielded 700 artifacts in total, including a building structure, beads made of terracotta, glass, carnelian, and agate, since February 2022 when the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) launched the eight phase of excavation. There is no dull moment in Konthagai, part of the Keeladi cluster, as well with over 20 burial urns being found inside the trenches that have so far been dug in the third phase, throwing more evidence that this was probably the burial of the inhabitants of Keeladi. A grand museum is also being built in this hitherto sleepy town, 12 km from Madurai, where much of the 15,500 artifacts buried deep inside the land will be on display for the public who are expected to flock in huge numbers. Construction of the structure being built at a cost of Rs 12 crore is in the final stages after which the work on setting up the museum will begin, TNSDA officials told DH. Weighing 74 grams, the head of a female figurine made of terracotta was unearthed from one of the trenches in the site inside a coconut grove in the first week of May, while archaeologists stumbled upon a rectangular dice made of ivory in the initial days of the eighth p...

Nine years after it launched archaeological excavations in Keeladi, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has compiled a detailed report running into over 900 pages on the findings during the first two phases of the digging at the Sangam-era site and their significance. Superintending Archaeologist K Amarnath Ramakrishna, whose name is now synonymous with Keeladi, handed over the voluminous report in New Delhi on Monday to V Vidyavathi, Director General of ASI. Keeladi is a village located 12 km southeast of the ancient city of Madurai on the banks of River Vaigai. ASI's Amarnath Ramakrishna submits a voluminous report running into over 900 pages on the first two phases of archaeological excavations in Keeladi near Madurai to Director-General V Vidyavathi in New Delhi. — Sivapriyan E.T.B | சிவப்பிரியன் ஏ.தி.ப (@sivaetb) The 982-page report has 12 chapters that explains the historical background and objective of the excavation, dwell into the structural remains, potteries, graffiti shreds, terracotta objects, and different types of coins that were found during the excavations from 2014 to 2016. Over a dozen potteries and decorated potteries, including black and red ware, red slipped ware, perforated ware, applique decoration, jackfruit design, and incised decoration were found in the excavations along with terracotta beads, glass beads, shell beads, ivory beads, and pearl beads. Terracotta objects like human and animal figurines, pendants, ivory objects, metal objects, g...

This Sangam Era archaeological site, where excavations began for the first time in 2014, continues to throw surprises with a rich cache of artifacts, including an ivory rectangular dice and a female figurine made of terracotta, being unearthed in the eighth phase of the digging that is on the full swing now. The site has yielded 700 artifacts in total, including a building structure, beads made of terracotta, glass, carnelian, and agate, since February 2022 when the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) launched the eight phase of excavation. There is no dull moment in Konthagai, part of the Keeladi cluster, as well with over 20 burial urns being found inside the trenches that have so far been dug in the third phase, throwing more evidence that this was probably the burial of the inhabitants of Keeladi. A grand museum is also being built in this hitherto sleepy town, 12 km from Madurai, where much of the 15,500 artifacts buried deep inside the land will be on display for the public who are expected to flock in huge numbers. Construction of the structure being built at a cost of Rs 12 crore is in the final stages after which the work on setting up the museum will begin, TNSDA officials told DH. Weighing 74 grams, the head of a female figurine made of terracotta was unearthed from one of the trenches in the site inside a coconut grove in the first week of May, while archaeologists stumbled upon a rectangular dice made of ivory in the initial days of the eighth p...

On September 19, the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department (TNAD) released a report Keeladi-An Urban Settlement of Sangam Age on the Banks of River Vaigai. The report reveals "cultural deposits", which were discovered in excavations in Keeladi near Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, were dated to a period between "6th century BCE and 1st century CE". The products could be dated as far back as 580 BCE, the report noted. The evidence provided by the dig: A settlement by the Vaigai plains, which was urbanised in Tamil Nadu around 6th century BCE. The report found: The recent scientific dates obtained for Keeladi findings push back the date of Tamil-Brahmi to another century—6th century BCE. These results clearly ascertained that they attained the literacy or learned the art of writing as early as 6th century BCE. In short, the Sangam era, which marked the largest social and cultural developments in Tamil Nadu, could be much earlier than 300 BCE when it was assumed to have commenced. Another finding: But it is to be noted that this site didn’t yield any objects meant for worship so far. This has sparked a debate on the historical connotations of the findings, and the larger political aspect. First, Science and Cell. Genetic and archaeological studies have long indicated three major waves of migration into India. The first one is the Out-of-Africa (OoA) migration that gave us the earliest Indians 60,000 years before. Secondly, in the early Neolithic period, it was believed there was an in...

In 2017, three years into an archaeological excavation at Keeladi, a nondescript village near Madurai that turned up over 5,800 artefacts, the Archaeological Survey of India inexplicably announced that there were "no significant findings." The ASI’s announcement, coupled with other decisions, like the transfer of Amarnath Ramakrishna — the Superintending Archaeologist who led the first two phases — to Assam led to a raging row in Tamil Nadu, which had begun to bask in the discovery of an early urban settlement having existed on the banks of Vaigai river. The transfer of Ramakrishna, a native of Palani in Dindigul, was attributed to him going public with the preliminary findings of the digging: that the site dates back to the state’s literature-rich Sangam Era. Tamil Nadu's political parties then accused the BJP of trying to “conceal” the findings of Keeladi and preventing the Tamil language and people from getting their due right in India’s history. The saffron party was also accused of hobbling the excavations by not allocating enough funds to the ASI. With an intervention from the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court following a petition filed by a lawyer, the Union Government allowed the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) to resume the excavations in 2018, picking up where the ASI left off. Since then, there has scarcely been a dull moment at Keeladi. The rich haul of artefacts — over 15,000 at last count, dating back at least 2,600 years (580 BCE) — u...