Tamil History Part 4: Sivakalai, Kodumanal and Porunthal – New Excavations and Iron Age Dates
Sivakalai's urns, a 1155 BCE rice date and a contested 3345 BCE iron claim; Kodumanal's gem, iron and steel workshops on the Noyyal; Porunthal's grave with rice and early Tamil writing: what the new dates show, and what is still debated.