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🔆 Keeladi Excavations: Retired TN Archaeologist to File Final Report

📍 The ASI has permitted retired archaeologist P.S. Sriraman to prepare the official report on the third phase of excavations at Keeladi, Tamil Nadu.

✅ Key Highlights
• P.S. Sriraman, who led the 3rd phase of Keeladi excavations, will now prepare the final report on Keeladi and Kodumanal.
• The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) granted this after he requested access to the records post-retirement (he retired in 2019).
• Reports were pending for both sites, though all artefacts and data were available in Chennai.

✅ Background: Keeladi Excavation Context
• Earlier, archaeologist K. Amarnath Ramakrishna, who led the 1st two phases, had reported discovery of brick structures and urban features linked to the Sangam Age.
• However, ASI asked him to revise and resubmit his findings. He refused, citing confidence in his conclusions.
• ASI later stated lack of continuity in brick structures, questioning the earlier Sangam Age urbanisation link.
• Since 2017, the TN State Archaeology Department has conducted Keeladi excavations.

✅ Current Status
• Excavations are now in the 10th phase.
• Hundreds of artefacts have been unearthed, pointing to possible early urban culture in South India.

📝 Prelims MCQ
Which site in Tamil Nadu is associated with archaeological findings of a potential Sangam Age urban civilisation?
A) Adichanallur
B) Kodumanal
C) Keeladi
D) Arikamedu

Answer: C

📝 Mains GS1 Q
Evaluate the significance of the Keeladi excavations in understanding early urbanisation and cultural continuity in South India.

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🔆 Keeladi Excavations: Retired TN Archaeologist to File Final Report

📍 The ASI has permitted retired archaeologist P.S. Sriraman to prepare the official report on the third phase of excavations at Keeladi, Tamil Nadu.

✅ Key Highlights
• P.S. Sriraman, who led the 3rd phase of Keeladi excavations, will now prepare the final report on Keeladi and Kodumanal.
• The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) granted this after he requested access to the records post-retirement (he retired in 2019).
• Reports were pending for both sites, though all artefacts and data were available in Chennai.

✅ Background: Keeladi Excavation Context
• Earlier, archaeologist K. Amarnath Ramakrishna, who led the 1st two phases, had reported discovery of brick structures and urban features linked to the Sangam Age.
• However, ASI asked him to revise and resubmit his findings. He refused, citing confidence in his conclusions.
• ASI later stated lack of continuity in brick structures, questioning the earlier Sangam Age urbanisation link.
• Since 2017, the TN State Archaeology Department has conducted Keeladi excavations.

✅ Current Status
• Excavations are now in the 10th phase.
• Hundreds of artefacts have been unearthed, pointing to possible early urban culture in South India.

📝 Prelims MCQ
Which site in Tamil Nadu is associated with archaeological findings of a potential Sangam Age urban civilisation?
A) Adichanallur
B) Kodumanal
C) Keeladi
D) Arikamedu

Answer: C

📝 Mains GS1 Q
Evaluate the significance of the Keeladi excavations in understanding early urbanisation and cultural continuity in South India.

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