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Iron Age Began on Tamil Soil, Says CM, Cites Scientific Proof
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
|January 24, 2025
5,300 YRS AGO
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday, based on the results of scientific dating of archaeological samples, declared that iron was used in the present Tamil-speaking region even in the mid-third to fourth millennia, thereby pushing the Iron Age period back by around two millennia. The results establish that iron was used in the region over 5,300 years ago, he said.
This story is from the January 24, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Hyderabad.
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