The Oldest Settlements in South India: The Keeladi Excavations
How old are the oldest settlements in south India? What did the recent excavations at Keeladi and other places along the Vaigai and Porunai (Thamirabarani) rivers reveal?
For a long time, it was believed that south India had no ancient urban civilisations like in the north. While the Sangam Period (dated 300 BCE - 300 CE) literature talks of a sophisticated Tamil civilisation, there was no concrete archaeological proof to back it up…until the path-breaking Keeladi excavations that started in 2015.
A series of digs carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India in a little village near Madurai unearthed artefacts dating back at least to the 6th century BCE. This included pottery fragments with graffiti marks very similar to the Indus Valley script.
But Keeladi isn’t the first or only place to offer evidence of ancient settlements in Tamil Nadu. Adichanallur, Korkai, Pallavaram, Attirampakkam and many more sites have thrown up an array of amazing artefacts over the last 100 years or so, including the oldest human tool to be ever discovered in India - a hand-axe that was discovered in Pallavaram, part of present-day Chennai. It’s only in recent years that the pieces of the jigsaw have started coming together. Archaeologists believe that many more exciting discoveries, possibilities and answers are waiting to be found at this site.
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Tamil Nadu, the mother ❤❤❤❤ - Love from kerala
@subasha1166
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❤️❤️🥺
@_.Ash.._
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south indian brothers❤
@RajRaj-eu6uu
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V r brothers❤
@veerarajph
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Chera Nadu😊
@sage.rivendell
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The first unbiased coverage for a Tamil Civilization. Thanks for the details.
@navalfa7291
29 күн бұрын
Blame Marxist historians for poor coverage.
I have huge respect for the great Tamil language and culture! And I'm happy to see many in North India also realising the fact that instead of imposing Hindi, we can all celebrate Tamil
@ThiruMSwamy
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We welcome brother
@Sykik.reader
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Thanks for that civility and love.
@cryptowhale1615
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@@ThiruMSwamy the aliens took them. into the heavens
@manivelarung
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🙏
@panjabipandit
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Just so you know- Not all North Indians speak Hindi lmao. I'm a Punjabi Hindu and we speak Punjabi, obviously. Many of us who are North Indian and not from UP and Bihar, have our own languages and also are affected by the Hindi imposition. So I can sympathize with how you all feel. To be fair, many of us in the North think everyone in the south speaks Tamil, which of course is ridiculous.
My love and respects to Tamil Nadu from Hyderabad, Telangana.
@prashanthreddy3326
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For its culture, history, nature and people.
@sathishkumar-ny9ml
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We are one genetic. I am from Tamilnadu
@muralidasb8504
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We are one. The origin of the soil.
@JayPatel-ok1wv
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I am from Gujarat, ❤️❤️ and respect all traditional values, history of all states, great research and presentation for South Indian story with facts
@agentpenguin3966
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Bro, its been very recent since I got to know about the history of Telugu. Considering that Tamil and Telugu were from the same language (Proto-Dravidian), it will be great if the government of Telangana and Andhra invest in researching about the origins of Telugu and the life of people who developed Telugu from Proto-Dravidian. Together, the southern states can solve the puzzle of Indus Valley Civilisation. Love from Chennai!
Being a North Indian i feel more homely in TAMIL NADU .. People are humble and sweet.. specially the language TAMIL ❤️ you can feel the beauty once you started learning 🤩 and please don’t fall into some political agenda which is temporary but the connection with people is PERMANENT ❤️
@Idly89
9 ай бұрын
None is like the leftist .. agents ..it's just no other right political party is with real right people..that's why people had to vote this or that both with Leftist Chinese ISI agents...
@ebendaniel
8 ай бұрын
❤ More love to you from Tamil Nadu!
@rathy_v
8 ай бұрын
Because of the rich culture and values, you can't get all these from any other civilization. Hindusiam and Tamil have been twined and can't separate it it is our souls . That is why our civilization , the greatest in the world
@nitishpal3966
7 ай бұрын
Not Hinduism Bhudhism bro,,,☸️
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Tamils are the original inhabitants of India
Proud of Tamil Nadu, Heritage, Culture, History, Greatness and still holding them tight even after many invasions --- A Telugu Neighbor
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India
@bharathkumar6260
7 ай бұрын
@@StarPlanet56789 I feel most south Indians also.
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
@@bharathkumar6260 Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India
I am from Malaysia and I have always respected the culture and values of the Tamils here in my country. I have always expected the Tamils to have a higher and longer civilization than what we have been told. I have just subscribed. TQ.
This is so fascinating. Entire account of India's civilization has been so focused on Indus valley that other regions with historical importance were neglected.
@seekwisdom7757
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All indian ancient archaeology has been neglected because the conquered are exploited , victims having life blood sucked dry, not allowed pride in their past that would stop the looting & exploitation. No blame or competition India is rising now. Work to level all up
@tvrulz46
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@@seekwisdom7757 the British were the fathers of modern Indian archaeology if that’s who you were implying. Without them we wouldn’t have discovered the IVC nor translated Ashoka’s pillars. Without them Ashoka would’ve been a mere foot note in history.
@tonmoy1549
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Megalithic structures made by oogas boogas don't have much importance compared to IVC, and that's a fact.
@sonuchauhan-ne3cj
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@@tvrulz46 British were the ones doing excavations because in India, it was british rule back than. Who were supposed to do excavation or other archeological works back than?? The exploited people of India who was struggling to eat? Indians weren't even allowed at officer position, only rich received real education. British did archeological work in India, because only they could & considering they were in power, they were supposed to. They did it to put their own name in History. They would have killed to be first one to excavate Harappa etc.
@veronicalogotheti1162
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The hindus valley were from the south that went up later down again
Wow! all the Tamizh names were pronounced exactly as they should be. Kudos for that! Wonderful coverage of civilization from this part of the world.
@user-pakshibhithi10
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Aren't they Tamils themselves? What's so special about them pronouncing Tamil words correctly? You should expect them to pronounce Tamil words correctly, not surprised because they pronounced Tamil words correctly.
@vanillajoy2106
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He is from Chennai.
@anonymoushuman8153
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do you even what the hell you are talking about? throughout the video the guy talks about keeladi instead of keezhadi. Stop bootlicking kalai.
@user-pakshibhithi10
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@@anonymoushuman8153Many Indians except for Tamils and Malayalis cannot differentiate between 'Keezhadi' and 'Keeladi', since only these two languages have the 'zh' pronunciation, it is pronounced like a stressed 'L' other Dravidian languages DO have a stressed 'L' sound, example in Telugu it is 'ళ', but, Tamil and Malayalam have a third 'L' sound written in English as 'zh' which isn't present in other Dravidian languages.
@someone90000
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@@user-pakshibhithi10 so?
I'm a New Yorker, but always searching for information on South India. This is such a well presented piece with such fascinating info. thank you.
@West2WesternGhats
9 ай бұрын
why South India..?
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India
@user-ml7dn4rv6j
7 ай бұрын
@@West2WesternGhats anything with the patina of antiquity is so marvelous to me and to learn the genius of ancient craftsmanship....ahhh
Mind blowing history of South India which roots way back more than expectation but what even more astonishing is our National media does not cover such proud discovery moments. Keeladi deserves more limelight than what it is today. I hope our Central Govt. will allocate the funds for excavation that Keezhadi very much deserves 🙏🏾 Thanks to Storytrails channel for such a genuine effort to unfold & show an imp. message to the world 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@DDkhappytravel
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Tamilnadu tamil languvage no funds
@rathy_v
8 ай бұрын
Our civilization is the greatest and oldest in the world. I am proud to be Hindu _ saivam and Tamil. And living all around the world
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
North Indians fear being subordinated by the antiquity of the Tamils. Thus they hide information
@digcurbnr2312
5 ай бұрын
@@rathy_vJainism(Samanam) and Aseevagam among many were more popular in Tamilnadu before the advent of Shaivite faith...
@rathy_v
5 ай бұрын
@digcurbnr2312 What great you study great 6 history book?
As an American, I LOVE this channel. This video was very well put-together. I appreciate that. Thank you.
Am from tamilnadu.... Thank you very much for the work... வாழ்க தமிழ் வளர்க தமிழ்.
Thank you for this commendable work , Do continue making quality content like this. Thanks from TN❤️
Happy to hear about one of our ancient civilizations. I am a Hindi speaking person from North India, but I must say, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam all are my countries languages and none is more or less important than other, they are all equally important and must be respected equally. :)
@srinivasreddyt9555
7 ай бұрын
Thanks but Delhi sultanate(both BJP and congress) thinks otherwise 😢
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Wrong. Don't steal into Tamil. Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India. Tamil's gave India it's culture and classical traditions
@Agnostic7773
7 ай бұрын
@@StarPlanet56789🐷
@story-ju9cu
7 ай бұрын
@@StarPlanet56789you guys are so much educated right so you must know that there is no original ana fake in Indian subcontinent. 🤡
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
@@story-ju9cu Ha,ha. I am hearing the language of envy and jealousy. Dude Tamils are the original inhabitants of India. Despite how hard you try you can't clone as a Tamil cause Tamil is a DNA . What a Tamil pride - being the only living classical race in the world. Tamil endru sollada!!!..
I grew up in the banks of palar (kanchi) and a part of my childhood was in madurai (both places very close to the excavation sites). Brings tears to my eyes knowing that the groud beneath me nurtured civilizations 10s of thousands of years into the past. Really humbled and feel eternally grateful for having been born in such a blessed land. Thank you so much for this video. 🙏
@moshedayan2810
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Tens of thousands? May be tens of millions 😂
@jrc120412
11 ай бұрын
♥️
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
India the land of the Tamil's
@suriyav3845
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@@StarPlanet56789India is the land of Indians
I believe that the Tamil civilisation is the oldest in the world. Much of it has been either forgotten, erased or hidden. I'm Sri Lankan and come from a predominantly Tamil background. I've always been incredibly proud of our ancient civilization, history, culture and language. I've been living in London for 18 years but am very much connected to my roots. I would love to visit Keeladi someday !
@ancientminds199
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You can believe whatever nonsense you want. Beliefs need not talk reality. Right?
@t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411
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@@ancientminds199 just shut up 😠 In India many fiction stories like Mahabharata 😡 but in tamil the history is real and can actually date back till 8000BCE back so just stop your fake history
@t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411
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In north many ruler were changed so real history had distroyed and the religions were changed so it may difficult to understand the real history for north Indian. Today also many north Indian gene 🧬 were Tamil gene 🧬 DNA 😠😠😠
@t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411
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Aariyans have changed our history into their own fictional stories 😡😡😡
@ancientminds199
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@@t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411 grow up kiddo. The entire population of South Asia is a mixture of South Asian hunter gatherers, Iranian farmers, Steppe pastoralists. Some could have Sino Tibetan and middle eastern also...
Thirukural was written about 2000 years and Thirumanthiram was written 2200 years ago. This is historical. So the Tamils were already fluent in the Tamil language by then, it shows they were already there many thousand years. So what's the problem.
@avireacts4018
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can someone explain to me i am north indian and i dont speak tamil and there are barely any video in hindi or english on this topic on youtube so according to aryan invasion theory aryan invaded bharat in 1500 bce and killed the inhabitants and forced the remaning ones to move south , but according to the findings the southern civilization thrived the literature thrived way before invasion happened skulls of different group of people is found in region so how much of aryan invasion is true if invasion happened does tamil text talk about it or they talk about any wars with aryans? what kind of gods they worshipped ? was there any established belief system? i would be grateful if someone can explain me this ?
@jacksonkingk2240
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@@avireacts4018 it's not an invasion.. it was rather an step wise migration because of drought, change in river flows etc. We need a lot of archeological exploration in the south to know about the 3k bc since, the Indian govt is always biased and neglected the culture and history of the south to suit the brahminical narrative of (Hindus / brahmins are from India). In Tamil culture we worshipped nature as God. 'pongal' is a prominent anti caste/ religious festival of the Tamils denoting thankfulness towards the nature for the harvest.
@avireacts4018
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@@jacksonkingk2240 chatti puja is also a festival in northern India praying to just nature same goes for many northern states it's not something unique to Tamil Nadu
@vinothkumarn4780
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@@avireacts4018 Hi, by the way in the chatti Puja, what's is the meaning of chatti as per Hindi?
@avireacts4018
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@@vinothkumarn4780 ok so chatth is the pronunciation and it comes from my mother tongue 'maithili' it is spoken is northern bihar and southern nepal chatti simple means 6 because it falls on 6th day of Kartik month(Vikram samvat) sun,river,earth,moon
Why national media is not covering topics like this ? its a shame. Thanks for the wonderful video guys :)
Wow! A great video of a great and ancient Tamil history, love it. We share so much with South India, I'm a Sinhalese from Sri Lanka.
@maheswaranmethulan4375
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❤
@SarathKumar-fb8su
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For what to kill again
@pacifront83
11 ай бұрын
@@ramana1958 LOL, Prabhakaran says hi from his grave.
@ramana1958
11 ай бұрын
@bdbdon83 who burnt jaffna library what u army did to tamil people in srilanka
@rabayasekara5278
11 ай бұрын
@@maheswaranmethulan4375 ❤
My village has Roman coins and Greek coins at large, you can find it in almost all farms even today. My village for know for green stones and was a place where iron ore and weapon making factory which is in kodumanal.
@vijayvijay4123
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@I_I Don't make India look bad in the eye's of others. You north people have a Entitled mentality
@jamesbaldwin5532
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@@vijayvijay4123 What's so bad about asking a piece of collectibles that has no monetary value just historical significance for free? It is not about North Indians but Only those passionate about history would want it. Change your degraded mindset.
@vicky116
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@@vijayvijay4123 So much of hate for people living in other parts of India save the Southern states! Why? Are human beings living in Northern, Eastern and Western India inferior in your views? Please improve your supremacist mindset. All are humans and India is one. No one superior or anyone inferior. Get Dravidian politics out of your head. And only those people will bother to ask for a piece of history who care. Mostly India's ancient historical coins are buried, stolen or melted for metal value!
@Marendra-Nodi
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can you tell the name of your village? I'm fascinated!
@rajbalar9207
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Name the village .The archeological survey of India...might find something interesting
Even if there is any evidence, Tamil history will be blacked out...see how Korean - Princess parental connection to Tamil Pandya Kingdom was credit to Uttar Pradesh, this is the state of Indian Politics, that is why South India kind of remains aloof from the rest of the country.
@Aakashputtur
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Like how a jain saint converted into a dravida saint..
@WeareCrazyhumans
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VICTIM CARD ALERT
I live in the same land where One of the World's first dam was built, #TheKallanai built by Karikala Chozhan during the Sangam era Just gives me tears to know we the Thamizh people have a legendary past.
@sundarv9260
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This itself shows that Europeans were arriving in Tamil Nadu as mercenaries, merchants and artisans also. These DMK idiots who keep claiming all non-black people are not Tamils is utter nonsense. The Europeans would have settled here and would have intermarried also.
@dayasubramaniam2929
11 ай бұрын
First dam build by mesopotanians in 4000BCE
@shawnh4528
11 ай бұрын
@@dayasubramaniam2929 I said one of the world's first dam Sad folks don't understand language 😑
@ASURA-XD
9 ай бұрын
@@dayasubramaniam2929oldest in india
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Not just legendary past But Tamils are the original inhabitants of India
Adichanallur is inside my district I visited when the excavation starts and I find out that burial ground where they bury for 3500 year back still that is a burial ground. Its purely remarkable how our ancester keep this place from ancient time. Proud to be a Tamilan and south indian
@Kannan-qp4kn
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Burial of died people in mahabharatham war.
@naveenk6387
11 ай бұрын
@@goldenstate-sl9vf Exactly . . these idiots will always fit their superstitions and idiotic beliefs into everything
@theindianathletics5113
10 ай бұрын
What about being Indian?
@naveenk6387
10 ай бұрын
What about being global citizen ?
@arulwastaken
10 ай бұрын
@@theindianathletics5113 south indian isnt in india?
As a non-Indian who appreciates Subcontinental culture, thank you for this Tamil/southern story, I'm tired of hearing about the North lol (no disrespect to the North). Obviously there is so much more to discover with the important trading connections etc, must be an exciting field right now. Cheers from NZ.
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India
@chilarai1
7 ай бұрын
Biggest discovery in Keeladi is the use of the Brahmi script which is the same used in North India. Indian civilization is and was one, the oldest on earth stretching from Afghanistan to the Philippines.
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
@@chilarai1 Nothing to do with Aryan north Indians. Entirely archaic Tamil. History books are full of misleading and distorted connotations. Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India. No Tamil's No India. The rest of people if India are outsiders
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
@@chilarai1 Thy Aryans always has a trick on the back. As usual the indian rope trick. But you can't fight truth. Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India
@Ulatimber
7 ай бұрын
@@StarPlanet56789Aryan or aryavrate . Aryavrate which is modern India, Bharat
I am glad we are discussing on Tamil civilization ❤️
@SanthoshKumar-so8tq
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You mean Indian civilization... these sites pre dates Tamil
@tapasyap8867
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@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq Who said? Worlds oldest language is Tamil. India was formed only in 1947.
@JV-ut4fi
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@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq What India, what were the boundaries of India 3000 years ago?
@SanthoshKumar-so8tq
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@@tapasyap8867 Lol Nope.. Tamil is not the oldest language.. there are older languages thatn that 🤣 there is no evidence of tamil beyond 2000 years.. stop living in la la land
@SanthoshKumar-so8tq
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@@JV-ut4fi What tamil..? There is no tamil 3000 years ago.. 🤣 not even a trace
We in north India love culture of Tamil nadu and its people.
Thanks for the video in English, most videos about Keezhadi were limited to Tamil audiences. The civilization in Gangetic plane is not called Vedic civilization it’s called Cemetery H and later Painted Greyware culture. The Indus valley civilization sites extends to Dholavira in Gujarat and Daimabad in Maharashtra.
@Q_QQ_Q
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There was never chhedic civilization.
@tonmoy1549
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The names you stated are just different words used by scholars to identify the Vedic age. The names are not contradictory.
@common-sense99
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All south and north india and tibet and nepal and pakistan and afghanstan is all vedic civilisation. Stop seeing from lens of aryan story of british based on indus valley diggings .thats a british created story.a lie.
@silvarajoomuniandy4316
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Well we don't need western terms and terminology, we have our own,
@tonmoy1549
Жыл бұрын
@silvaraju can you please name some of your own terminologies?
Times now, India Today , Hindi media would not cover this
@napakistanmedia6772
Жыл бұрын
why Hindi media wants to know your civilisation, no one wants to know accepts dalits !!
@prernach417
Жыл бұрын
Why man??
@kiminonawa2550
Жыл бұрын
Delusional
@umanaidujonnareddy3804
Жыл бұрын
No actually I saw a news related to this in some Hindi news channel.
@AbhishekChaturvedi7
Жыл бұрын
Can you stop bickering like old aunties, just watch and enjoy man
Interesting story and excellent presentation. As a Chinese person in the USA, cheers from the USA 🇺🇸🙏👍👏🇺🇲
Alexander Rea and Korkai were part of two questions in UPSC CSE Prelims 2023, was able to answer those questions because I had watched this video some months ago. Your videos are really interesting, informative and most of all helps to discover our glorious past. You're doing a great job 👏 ❤
@vijayakumar2967
9 ай бұрын
I also attended the question
@schoolkid1809
7 ай бұрын
😮😮❤
I’m from Hyderabad, Settled in Sydney 👍🏻I found this while browsing for RRR oscar video😂 . Very fortunate to find this channel. Really very informative and excellent content channel. Graphics are top notch quality 🙌🏻🤝 good on you mates ✨
@manojmadhavan294
Жыл бұрын
This is our history bro.... If it is older than 2000 years....then it's our history only bro
@nagendraraman6410
Жыл бұрын
Thats exactly how i got here too.
@neelimaraj9026
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@@manojmadhavan294 yup 👍🏻 Dravidian History is a ancient history 🙏🏻
@vengateshp9863
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@@neelimaraj9026 dis s tamilan history not a dravidian..
@manojmadhavan294
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@@vengateshp9863 we can switch the word Dravidian....but we can't the fact that we are same.....only sounds of the language changed because of Sanskrit ...and because we lossed... Telugu kanndam malayali and Tamil has same dna bro....in between I am purely Tamil that's make a pure Dravidian also.....i am support both ntk and dmk....we are genetically same and Tamil is language name we inherited from the old history....but doesn't make us only owner of all the history.... Tamil is the name of old language name....but our language also changed so much from the old .
Thanks 🙏🏽 to high light our Tamil civilization which was purposefully forgotten to bury us ….❤
@YASHWANTH25691
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Tamils were there in the tamil nadu from very old. Stop saying we came from north.
@motherearth5229
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@@YASHWANTH25691 true
@rajmk3
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@@YASHWANTH25691 They went to north!
Anyone who hasn't please do visit Adicchanaalur. The vibe there is so special that you feel the ancientness of the place. Our family deity is very close to it. So lucky to go there often.
@Dkarthid
Жыл бұрын
Places to visit there?
A good documentary about our ancient civilization. Proud to be a tamilan ❤
Wow! I always believed that the Tamil civilization was the original civilization from our land,, and it clearly shows who are the original inhabitants of the great land
@soumyadipmukherjee6627
Жыл бұрын
Bro if tamil civilization is indegneuoys then what about others thete were humans even before keeladi
@chinanumbawun111
Жыл бұрын
"original inhabitants" this makes it sound like you want to Alienate our Northern Indian brothers and sisters. We all are native to our land, Bharatha. Don't divide us
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India. No Tamil's No India
Love the fact that you are sticking to the data and not prone to political or theological agenda. Narration is very good!....Great channel...
The landmass that we call India today was part of Africa once. It broke off from Africa and moved up north east and hit the Asian landmass which caused the Himalayan mountain range. The people who were living at that time in India look very much like the aborigins of Australia. They were the first people of India. After the Himalayan mountains were formed, the only way to come to India was through Afghanistan and Aryans migrated through Afghanistan to India and settled down in India. The Aryans had been coming to India ever since and continues even today. India is a mixture of Aborigins of Africa, the Aryans and the Tibetans of Northwest.
Finally India ready to accept the truth, I’m happy to see that🙋🏻♂️😇🇮🇳
At last we're beginning to discover our true heritage. God bless you.
It is only reasonable to assume that India also has a long long history of human habitation. We hear about the British isles and we hear about Africa and excavations in South America. When it comes to India, this is the first time I have ever stumbled upon an archaeological segment about India. It's wonderful to have watched this and I just wrongly assumed that India isn't interested in archeology, don't judge me please, because I've never ever heard of anything archaeological related in India. India. Now I know better and know where to look
there's is no doubt India may had so many hidden ancient civilizations with different cultures, i really wanna go back in time..
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Bedrock of Indian civilization is TAMIL ! Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India
Most comprehensive video of the pride of Tamil Civilisation i have seen. The narrative was rich with content and rendered effortlessly with passion congratulations for the great effort !!
@SanthoshKumar-so8tq
Жыл бұрын
Indian civilization.. no one calls Indus valley as Sanskrit civilization.
@SugandhanMSA
Жыл бұрын
@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq because it is not sanskrit civilization , no one is sure about the language used there 😏
@SanthoshKumar-so8tq
Жыл бұрын
@@SugandhanMSA lol then the south civilization is not tamil too.. No one knows what language used in southern area beyond 2000 years.. Southern India got various languages form ancient times.. Even in this keeladi there was no tamil scripts found only IVC script was excavated 😌 so its a part of Indian civilizational legacy scattered in whole subcontinent.
@birdsfly259
Жыл бұрын
@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq 😂 they found tamil brahmi scripts watch other videos first tamil scripts with 2800yeara ago
@birdsfly259
Жыл бұрын
@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq they found tamil brahmi with indus valley scripts
Publishing books alone is not enough (though greatly appreciated and encouraged), but it is videos like these that spreads the message faster. Hats off to a those involve in the making of this video. We hope to see more of such videos on-line. Thank you.
Please broadcast this programme in the whole country and worldwide. Films and documentaries for our children/parents must be made; I think we need to be proud of our roots and origins. We feel stronger and we have more ENERGY to move forward.
Proud of this pride... much ❤️ from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Wow! A great history of Tamil civilization Thanks for keeladi excavations
@iamgreat151
Жыл бұрын
tamil was not existing at that time 🤣🤣
@logeshwaranm2682
2 ай бұрын
@@iamgreat151hey mental..we have a proof of padiyans domination about 2000year's...
TY! I am so fascinated by ancient civilizations. Tamil/Indus Valley my latest obsession!
This video should have millions of views.
நன்றி 🙏🙏 தமிழ்நாட்டில் இருந்து ❤️❤️
I am a malayali... I am proud to be Dravidian..💪🏻🔥❤️ love from Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦
@jamesbaldwin5532
Жыл бұрын
But Malyalis are Aryans.
@motherearth5229
Жыл бұрын
Dravidian means telugu, malayalam, kannada. Tamil people ruled southern to North and south east Asia. Tamil language culture and tradition are older than malayalam , kannada and telugu.
@motherearth5229
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesbaldwin5532 dark skin people are origins and white skin people are aryans
@thewanderdire
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesbaldwin5532 malayalis are not fully Aryan. ANI genes are more in higher caste. That's it. But that doesn't make you a Dravidan it's love and affection to our language.
@dushyanthk3679
Жыл бұрын
Dravidian????? Really brother!!!?
I have seen ample number of videos on Keeladi, but the flow of story, it's possible anthropological explanation and the related articles reference were scripted so perfectly, that I doubt I can't find any other better video than yours after this. Thank you for such a wonderful video content. And both the narrators were specifically convincing to the content they presented. Overall a Wonderful work.
When Pallavaram was mentioned for the discovery stone weapon sizziled by the then human beings i felt emotional as i was born and brought up in Pallavaram since 1944
i hate to break this to you, Keeladi is not just the oldest civilization of SOUTH INDIA, it is the oldest one of INDIA!
You should include, the backstory also , How the current union government stopped funding, Transferred Mr. Amarnath Ramakrishna by ignoring his statements and How the State government put funds and restarted the excavation. Big Salute to Mr. Amarnath Ramakrishna for the Dedication.
@GokulOnFire
6 ай бұрын
Lmao political bootlicker. You know nothing. Summa arasiyal pannadhinga da fools.
a humble request to all these channels, its not about south culture or north culture or foreign culture but a collective human civilization
@bengilkes7676
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it is about suppression of certain cultures and promotion of others. There is such thing as right and wrong you know? It would all be very nice if everyone meditated every day and treated others as they would like to be treated themselves, but they don't and some people have bad stuff going on, almost always caused by other people. Let people speak out and be angry at injustice!
@sidharthawason955
Жыл бұрын
@@bengilkes7676 hope this is a verified account, injustice!! is it? I mean Egypt changes it's religion, is this injustice? South India not able to lproduce a person (historian) that could represent and speak of their region's archeology, art and culture, failing tosay that Kamban wrote a Ramayan in his own version, is this injustice?
@rajmk3
Жыл бұрын
No, it's Tamil only in all over the world!
Fair and honest explanation...👏👏
தமிழரின் வரலாறு மிகச்சரியாக வெளி கொணரப்படுகிறது வாழ்த்துக்கள்
Excited to see this video ! Fascinating piece of Sangam history when my state Kerala was also part of it. Read that Keeladi museum has been built to house the artifacts discovered from Keladi. Would love to visit soon !
Iam happy to see that north indians crying here
Wow! ..makes me think that true history is just beginning to be uncovered.
@Q_QQ_Q
Жыл бұрын
Propaganda
@anandhvijaykumar667
Жыл бұрын
@@Q_QQ_Q ikr, having to hide discoveries for a long time, just so any notion that the tamil civilization is older can be silenced.
@MsHSpring
Жыл бұрын
@@anandhvijaykumar667 yup.. congress has never showed any interest in our culture or our heritage or our history (except ensuring their name goes in it).. thankfully now we have a central government who takes pride in India, our culture and heritage and works to preserving its glory..
@anandhvijaykumar667
Жыл бұрын
@@MsHSpring how high are you?
@Marendra-Nodi
Жыл бұрын
@@MsHSpring wrong answer. This is all done by tamil nadu state government initiatives.
As a non Indian, I think as India becomes richer, it will have more money to devote to explore and preserve its rich past... India is probably is the cradle of all civilizations
Very well presented. Thank you for compiling this fascinating information on on ancient Tamil settlements. Looking forward to more videos on this topic.
Very informative. Nicely presented, without any biases. Thank you.
Always amazed and always know india had really really old civilization but nobody is looking for and preservation. South is full of historical treasure. Thanks for sharing it, ❤️❤️❤️
@srinivasreddyt9555
7 ай бұрын
I will tell you one more thing . Telugus were once Buddhists , Buddhism existed from Telangana to Rayalaseema and to kalingandhra . We did trade with romans too . Lots of coins of that era
@shary1283
7 ай бұрын
@@srinivasreddyt9555 it's beautiful and rich history thanks for sharing. 🙏
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India
@shary1283
7 ай бұрын
@@StarPlanet56789 yes indeed
The best video that I ever saw in English with all the Tamil pronunciations are perfect. Clear explanations.congratulations for the team and thank you so much for making the video .👏👏👍👌👏☺️
This is so interesting, I hope to watch more of your episodes. Very easy to understand and very well presented. 🙏 Thank you
3 Sangam were there in Tamil history. Mudhal Sangam, Idai Sangam and Kadai Sangam which means first, intermediate and the last group / organization. Pandyan kings were the ones who formed this Sangam and promoted literature which resulted in so many Tamil books of that period.
Few corrections: 1) Everyone knew southern civilization was atleast 2800 years old since steel was discovered in southern India around 2600 to 2800 years ago. Also, the longest surviving empire in the world was also a south Indian empire, the Pandyas, whose empire lasted atleast 1800 years. 2) The Harrappan civilization was believed to be atleast 5300 years old, not 4600. Also, recent ASI excavations and surveys have discovered the civilization to be atleast 8000 years old. Making it the oldest in the world. The report of these surveys is expected to be published in a few months. Love to people from southern part of India from Gujarat 😊
Thank you, have been wanting to learn more of the ancient South Indian history! Hard to get any real info on this area and times ❤
Thanks to Tamil Nadu govt , if we look closely even in Karnataka we can discover so many , but since it's under Congress / BJP , we are singing Indus song now .
very detailed and much explained, new learning source cut above rest.
Finally, feels like a breath of fresh air seeing at least someone in the country is trying to show the truth as it is, based on facts. kudos !
Came across your channel by chance. Looking forward to more such informative episodes.
This channel deserve more subscriptions and views . BTW great work.
Thanks very much for this very interesting and very well presented video. Looking forward to seeing more such informative posts.
Amazing video. Loved the scientific and factual approach. Have just subscribed and am eager to watch the rest of your videos. Amazing work!
Cool stuff guys keep the anthropology videos coming in, I love it!
4:00 Nitpick: The researchers didn't perform DNA analysis on the skeletons from Aditanallur. They just did a skeletal analysis. - Great series though. Thank you for the video.
Outstanding video quality and production. Really good presentation by both the presenters.
Thanks for bringing such enlightening content which is backed by authentic source of evidences ❤
that was so unbiased kudoos to the team. now there is news about poompuhar said to be the oldest town in the world. 15000 years may less than this.
Looking forward to more such videos 👌👌
Really informative and interesting way of sharing details. People like you should visit schools and universities to share these interesting stories to kids to take interest in our culture and promote more. Well done.
As based on the Biblical findings that Dravidians are descendants of one of the Noah's son Ham. Certainly Tamil civilization should be one of the oldest civilization. Of course, the findings from the excavation provide enough Tamil Civilization. Thank you for the information. Being a Tamil, I always feel proud of my language and culture though I speak English, Hindi, Odia and Telugu.
You guys are very humble talkers. And obviously great work. Keep it up!
Pattanam (muziris) should also be mentioned in the video, coz it is also one of the greatest port site during sangam period and the first emporium in the Indian Ocean from west.
@chithambararajanr219
Жыл бұрын
Definitely, without cheranadu tamil history is in -complete
@pathakarai567
Жыл бұрын
But itS under the Kerala government . Malayalam people don't accept they are come from tamil people
@sohamshinde7978
Жыл бұрын
@@pathakarai567 or tamil and malayalis came from a group of people and not from tamil .
@chithambararajanr219
Жыл бұрын
@@sohamshinde7978 but common identity to that ethnic group is sangam tamil. Which tells about their culture, belief, value, governance, socio- economic structure, food, religion... And many. Tamil ppl or malayalam ppl to know about their above mentioned things they want to search in sangam literature.
@sohamshinde7978
Жыл бұрын
@@chithambararajanr219 yes but cant say this statement as all dravidian languages evolved from tamil It may be possible that they share a common ancestor language . And definitely sangam literature would describe all info about south india . Just because it may have been lingua franca if that time .
This is a huge finding, changes the whole perspective of history we are learning today which focuses only on North. When we started finding artifact in just first level, central government backed off and stopped funding to stop these findings now state is funding for this project. Why people are trying to erase the History of our Indian subcontinent just to glorify Vedic History?
@WeareCrazyhumans
Жыл бұрын
Govt stopped the funding is a blunt lie.
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
The original inhabitants of India are the dravidian Tamil's. No aryans
@Acceptourflaw
7 ай бұрын
@@StarPlanet56789 yes , yet they are trying to hid these from Dravidian people. It's not like they are going to kick out the Aryans. But not knowing where you came from is worst. I hope more people realise it and let Dravidian know their history.
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
@@Acceptourflaw Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India
Factual and Informative- Hope other Indian media should take forward the discussions ✌🏻✌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for making this amazing video which highlights some less known fact in such great clarity.
Beautiful presentation! Both the presenters are very articulate and charming young people! Proud of you ! ............By the way Keeladi is very near to our native place in Sivagangai district!
Fascinating to learn about South India ancient civilization. Thank you.
@StarPlanet56789
7 ай бұрын
Tamil civilization
It’s so difficult to find impartial history videos, thanks for making this one!
I believe that South India's history nearly 25 thousand years old.From the plains of south India ,the civilisation spread throughout in every corner of india.
Beautifully produced and presented material. Excellent work, greatly appreciated. ❤
Excellent presentation. Exploration of an incredibly old migratory route, to Australia, would be exciting as well. Love.
I am very glad that ASI is gradually bringing into light the good old Indian civilisation, dating back to about 8000 years BCE. Liked the vdo.
so many views of this informative video, very encouraging there is so much interest in these amazing finds. will be watching out for more. thanks professor.
If karikalan built a marvelous dam 2000 years To reach that level of knowledge the civilization should have taken thousands of years Our siddars had lived for thousands of years Ravana had written volumes on many subjects thousands of years back
@suambuli
Жыл бұрын
At that time many civilizations build dams. Nothing new.
@alexmothilal6479
Жыл бұрын
His sister Surpanaka too has written.
@eyeoftruth4405
Жыл бұрын
The sneaky brahmins have made false claims like Ravana was a brahmin and stuff, lol
@suambuli
Жыл бұрын
@@eyeoftruth4405 Valmiki is not a Brahmin. That is if you know who is Valmiki, that is the guy who wrote the story in Sanskrit, an ancient language.
@davidbenyahuda5190
10 ай бұрын
Perhaps some of us are unaware that so-called non-black people have only been on the planet for six to ten thousand years according to science and our records. Ancient means Black people.👊🏿🕎⚔️🌽🪶💜
Thanks for this fascinating video. Hope to see more videos that explore the lesser known, fascinating aspects of Indian history. Thanks Storytrails!