TN Govt Urges Centre to Release Keeladi Report

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Sunday cited the research findings by a university in England on the Keeladi archaeological site and urged the BJP-led Union government to release the Keeladi research report.

- Divya Chandrababu

CHENNAI:

UK-based Liverpool John Moores University studied the skulls excavated from Keeladi and reconstructed the facial features of ancient people who lived around 2,500 years ago. The images were generated last year after the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) sent them digital files related to skull samples from Kondagai, the burial site of Keeladi, which is believed to have existed in 600 BC.

On the findings, Finance Minister Thangam Thenarasu, who holds the archaeology portfolio, said that the UK-based university has reconstructed facial features of ancient people who lived around 2,500 years ago, highlighting the antiquity of Tamil culture and civilization to the world. "Though the Union BJP government has deceitfully tried to suppress the history and heritage of Tamils, constructive scientific findings and historical evidence emerging from the Keezhadi excavations continue to defeat the Union government's unjust denials," he posted on X.

"The way of life detailed in Sangam literature now stands scientifically validated through the findings at Keeladi," Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on X.