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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[@sfsen]

Tamil Nadu, the mother ❤❤❤❤ - Love from kerala

[@subasha1166]

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[@_.Ash.._]

south indian brothers❤

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V r brothers❤

[@veerarajph]

Chera Nadu😊

[@sage.rivendell]

🤣🤣

[@08gani]

The first unbiased coverage for a Tamil Civilization. Thanks for the details.

[@navalfa7291]

Blame Marxist historians for poor coverage.

[@prashanthreddy3326]

My love and respects to Tamil Nadu from Hyderabad, Telangana.

[@prashanthreddy3326]

For its culture, history, nature and people.

[@sathishkumar-ny9ml]

We are one genetic. I am from Tamilnadu

[@muralidasb8504]

We are one. The origin of the soil.

[@JayPatel-ok1wv]

I am from Gujarat, ❤️❤️ and respect all traditional values, history of all states, great research and presentation for South Indian story with facts

[@agentpenguin3966]

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!

[@SachinSingh024]

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]

We welcome brother

[@Sykik.reader]

Thanks for that civility and love.

[@cryptowhale1615]

@@ThiruMSwamy the aliens took them. into the heavens

[@manivelarung]

🙏

[@panjabipandit]

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.

[@dushyanthk3679]

Am from tamilnadu.... Thank you very much for the work... வாழ்க தமிழ் வளர்க தமிழ்.

[@bharathkumar6260]

Proud of Tamil Nadu, Heritage, Culture, History, Greatness and still holding them tight even after many invasions --- A Telugu Neighbor

[@StarPlanet56789]

Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

[@bharathkumar6260]

@@StarPlanet56789 I feel most south Indians also.

[@StarPlanet56789]

@@bharathkumar6260 Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

[@ruturajtalkies9860]

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]

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]

❤ More love to you from Tamil Nadu!

[@rathy_v]

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]

Not Hinduism Bhudhism bro,,,☸️

[@StarPlanet56789]

Tamils are the original inhabitants of India

[@almas806]

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.

[@kalain8970]

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]

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]

He is from Chennai.

[@anonymoushuman8153]

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]

@@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]

@@user-pakshibhithi10 so?

[@sagebay2803]

As an American, I LOVE this channel. This video was very well put-together. I appreciate that. Thank you.

[@nareshnarayanan6484]

Thank you for this commendable work , Do continue making quality content like this. Thanks from TN❤️

[@expt22]

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]

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]

@@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]

Megalithic structures made by oogas boogas don't have much importance compared to IVC, and that's a fact.

[@sonuchauhan-ne3cj]

@@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]

The hindus valley were from the south that went up later down again

[@user-ml7dn4rv6j]

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]

why South India..?

[@StarPlanet56789]

Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

[@user-ml7dn4rv6j]

@@West2WesternGhats anything with the patina of antiquity is so marvelous to me and to learn the genius of ancient craftsmanship....ahhh

[@shawnh4528]

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]

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]

First dam build by mesopotanians in 4000BCE

[@shawnh4528]

@@dayasubramaniam2929 I said one of the world's first dam Sad folks don't understand language 😑

[@ASURA-XD]

​@@dayasubramaniam2929oldest in india

[@StarPlanet56789]

Not just legendary past But Tamils are the original inhabitants of India

[@rabayasekara5278]

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]

❤

[@SarathKumar-fb8su]

For what to kill again

[@pacifront83]

@@ramana1958 LOL, Prabhakaran says hi from his grave.

[@ramana1958]

@bdbdon83 who burnt jaffna library what u army did to tamil people in srilanka

[@rabayasekara5278]

@@maheswaranmethulan4375 ❤

[@DeeCeeD]

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]

@I_I Don't make India look bad in the eye's of others. You north people have a Entitled mentality

[@jamesbaldwin5532]

​@@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]

@@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]

can you tell the name of your village? I'm fascinated!

[@rajbalar9207]

Name the village .The archeological survey of India...might find something interesting

[@dinezrk]

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]

Tamilnadu tamil languvage no funds

[@rathy_v]

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]

North Indians fear being subordinated by the antiquity of the Tamils. Thus they hide information

[@digcurbnr2312]

​@@rathy_vJainism(Samanam) and Aseevagam among many were more popular in Tamilnadu before the advent of Shaivite faith...

[@rathy_v]

@digcurbnr2312 What great you study great 6 history book?

[@arvind50]

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]

Tens of thousands? May be tens of millions 😂

[@jrc120412]

♥️

[@StarPlanet56789]

India the land of the Tamil's

[@suriyav3845]

​@@StarPlanet56789India is the land of Indians

[@lyricass7810]

Why national media is not covering topics like this ? its a shame. Thanks for the wonderful video guys :)

[@kraut1982]

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]

There was never chhedic civilization.

[@tonmoy1549]

The names you stated are just different words used by scholars to identify the Vedic age. The names are not contradictory.

[@common-sense99]

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]

Well we don't need western terms and terminology, we have our own,

[@tonmoy1549]

@silvaraju can you please name some of your own terminologies?

[@emmanuelraylive]

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]

You can believe whatever nonsense you want. Beliefs need not talk reality. Right?

[@t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411]

​@@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]

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]

Aariyans have changed our history into their own fictional stories 😡😡😡

[@ancientminds199]

@@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...

[@ahjotco906]

Interesting story and excellent presentation. As a Chinese person in the USA, cheers from the USA 🇺🇸🙏👍👏🇺🇲

[@heetendragupta2754]

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]

Thanks but Delhi sultanate(both BJP and congress) thinks otherwise 😢

[@StarPlanet56789]

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]

​@@StarPlanet56789🐷

[@story-ju9cu]

​@@StarPlanet56789you guys are so much educated right so you must know that there is no original ana fake in Indian subcontinent. 🤡

[@StarPlanet56789]

@@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!!!..

[@arulwastaken]

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]

Burial of died people in mahabharatham war.

[@naveenk6387]

@@goldenstate-sl9vf Exactly . . these idiots will always fit their superstitions and idiotic beliefs into everything

[@theindianathletics5113]

What about being Indian?

[@naveenk6387]

What about being global citizen ?

[@arulwastaken]

@@theindianathletics5113 south indian isnt in india?

[@avinashviews345]

Times now, India Today , Hindi media would not cover this

[@napakistanmedia6772]

why Hindi media wants to know your civilisation, no one wants to know accepts dalits !!

[@prernach417]

Why man??

[@kiminonawa2550]

Delusional

[@umanaidujonnareddy3804]

No actually I saw a news related to this in some Hindi news channel.

[@AbhishekChaturvedi7]

Can you stop bickering like old aunties, just watch and enjoy man

[@dhanus_kumar_vlogger]

A good documentary about our ancient civilization. Proud to be a tamilan ❤

[@sachinddamoadhar27]

I am glad we are discussing on Tamil civilization ❤️

[@SanthoshKumar-so8tq]

You mean Indian civilization... these sites pre dates Tamil

[@tapasyap8867]

​@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq Who said? Worlds oldest language is Tamil. India was formed only in 1947.

[@JV-ut4fi]

@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq What India, what were the boundaries of India 3000 years ago?

[@SanthoshKumar-so8tq]

@@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]

@@JV-ut4fi What tamil..? There is no tamil 3000 years ago.. 🤣 not even a trace

[@sibivasanthy6032]

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]

Places to visit there?

[@silvarajoomuniandy4316]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@avireacts4018 Hi, by the way in the chatti Puja, what's is the meaning of chatti as per Hindi?

[@avireacts4018]

@@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

[@podimala]

Love the fact that you are sticking to the data and not prone to political or theological agenda. Narration is very good!....Great channel...

[@cicilysunny8462]

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]

I also attended the question

[@schoolkid1809]

😮😮❤

[@complimentary_voucher]

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]

Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

[@chilarai1]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

​@@StarPlanet56789Aryan or aryavrate . Aryavrate which is modern India, Bharat

[@cleanpull999]

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]

Like how a jain saint converted into a dravida saint..

[@WeareCrazyhumans]

VICTIM CARD ALERT

[@ThothathriRamanSEAAstandards]

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]

Indian civilization.. no one calls Indus valley as Sanskrit civilization.

[@SugandhanMSA]

@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq because it is not sanskrit civilization , no one is sure about the language used there 😏

[@SanthoshKumar-so8tq]

@@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]

​@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq 😂 they found tamil brahmi scripts watch other videos first tamil scripts with 2800yeara ago

[@birdsfly259]

​​@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq they found tamil brahmi with indus valley scripts

[@neelimaraj9026]

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]

This is our history bro.... If it is older than 2000 years....then it's our history only bro

[@nagendraraman6410]

Thats exactly how i got here too.

[@neelimaraj9026]

@@manojmadhavan294 yup 👍🏻 Dravidian History is a ancient history 🙏🏻

[@vengateshp9863]

​@@neelimaraj9026 dis s tamilan history not a dravidian..

[@manojmadhavan294]

@@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 .

[@yj9032]

This video should have millions of views.

[@Muthukaviyarasan]

Finally India ready to accept the truth, I’m happy to see that🙋🏻‍♂️😇🇮🇳

[@jeanminatchy1381]

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.

[@k.nanthakumar8151]

Thanks 🙏🏽 to high light our Tamil civilization which was purposefully forgotten to bury us ….❤

[@YASHWANTH25691]

Tamils were there in the tamil nadu from very old. Stop saying we came from north.

[@motherearth5229]

​@@YASHWANTH25691 true

[@rajmk3]

@@YASHWANTH25691 They went to north!

[@devikb5837]

Fair and honest explanation...👏👏

[@saravanakumarg3087]

Wow! A great history of Tamil civilization Thanks for keeladi excavations

[@iamgreat151]

tamil was not existing at that time 🤣🤣

[@logeshwaranm2682]

​@@iamgreat151hey mental..we have a proof of padiyans domination about 2000year's...

[@joangordoneieio]

TY! I am so fascinated by ancient civilizations. Tamil/Indus Valley my latest obsession!

[@marioduddu471]

At last we're beginning to discover our true heritage. God bless you.

[@sivaniam]

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.

[@semperfidelis2970]

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

[@MrCMVikram]

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.

[@sau002]

Very informative. Nicely presented, without any biases. Thank you.

[@paulphelps7809]

Wow! ..makes me think that true history is just beginning to be uncovered.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

Propaganda

[@anandhvijaykumar667]

​@@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]

@@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]

@@MsHSpring how high are you?

[@Marendra-Nodi]

@@MsHSpring wrong answer. This is all done by tamil nadu state government initiatives.

[@tanbirnr2389]

there's is no doubt India may had so many hidden ancient civilizations with different cultures, i really wanna go back in time..

[@StarPlanet56789]

Bedrock of Indian civilization is TAMIL ! Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

[@jamesblackwell2067]

hey, this is a great video, you should make longer documentaries about Indian history

[@StarPlanet56789]

No such thing as Indian history. Indian history is Tamil history. No Tamil's No India

[@Krish24744]

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

[@adithyaks8584]

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.

[@shary1283]

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]

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]

@@srinivasreddyt9555 it's beautiful and rich history thanks for sharing. 🙏

[@StarPlanet56789]

Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

[@shary1283]

@@StarPlanet56789 yes indeed

[@anotherelvis]

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.

[@ms6063]

very detailed and much explained, new learning source cut above rest.

[@devamjani8041]

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 😊

[@kuruswamybaskaran6448]

More insightful , well -articulated ! These excavations throw the lights on the theory of Wootz steel also known as Seric steel , meaning Urukku in Tamil , first invented by Tamils in the world 2500 years ago, which is a crucible steel by pattern of high carbon content. Not gold or silver ; but Alexander the Great wanted this metal called Wootz Steel from South India . The European started trading directly with India in the 1600s , they went to the foundries at Kodumanal , Erode District , Tamil Nadu , to procure Indian steel . Earlier to European, Arabs travelling to India for 2000 years , carried out trade , buying spices , they added Wootz steel form Tamil Nadu, in their purchase books , later introduced this steel to Syrian , from there it was named as Damascus Steel . Later Romans started visiting Tamil Nadu to buy Wootz steel pellets and started producing double edged sword and won the world .

[@Chandransingham]

Seen in London, UK. Fascinating stuff. Connection to Sri Lanka is also interesting.

[@dharanig6292]

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.

[@KARAYAMSAN]

Proud of this pride... much ❤️ from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

[@er_ragupathy_visuals]

நன்றி 🙏🙏 தமிழ்நாட்டில் இருந்து ❤️❤️

[@Aussie_Truth]

This is so interesting, I hope to watch more of your episodes. Very easy to understand and very well presented. 🙏 Thank you

[@onchh3623]

Looking forward to more such videos 👌👌

[@santoshmogali6642]

can't thank you enough for your informative video. you are doing marvelous work

[@thewanderdire]

I am a malayali... I am proud to be Dravidian..💪🏻🔥❤️ love from Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@jamesbaldwin5532]

But Malyalis are Aryans.

[@motherearth5229]

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]

​@@jamesbaldwin5532 dark skin people are origins and white skin people are aryans

[@thewanderdire]

@@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]

Dravidian????? Really brother!!!?

[@suvetha2661]

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 .👏👏👍👌👏☺️

[@SheranAslam]

அருமையான பதிவு... உங்கள் சேவை தொடரட்டும் ✌️

[@HSBMaheenS]

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]

Definitely, without cheranadu tamil history is in -complete

[@pathakarai567]

But itS under the Kerala government . Malayalam people don't accept they are come from tamil people

[@sohamshinde7978]

@@pathakarai567 or tamil and malayalis came from a group of people and not from tamil .

[@chithambararajanr219]

@@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]

@@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 .

[@Sunny12-23]

Came across your channel by chance. Looking forward to more such informative episodes.

[@abishekmuralidhar]

Very well presented. Thank you for compiling this fascinating information on on ancient Tamil settlements. Looking forward to more videos on this topic.

[@Mr-rf4ux]

This channel deserve more subscriptions and views . BTW great work.

[@sidharthawason955]

a humble request to all these channels, its not about south culture or north culture or foreign culture but a collective human civilization

[@bengilkes7676]

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]

@@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]

No, it's Tamil only in all over the world!

[@robertwoodroffe123]

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 ❤

[@Arunganeshanmdu]

A priceless documentary.... Thank you

[@shanmugambala1883]

Thanks very much for this very interesting and very well presented video. Looking forward to seeing more such informative posts.

[@sabeeshvk]

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 !

[@Magizhan-tt7rl]

You guys are the great! You are teaching the History which are not taught in schools.

[@niazahmed446]

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!

[@pushpanayakik2074]

Wonderful . Thank you very much for the Storytrily team . Keep it up .

[@1953nandakumar]

Great video, very insightful.

[@nair_sathya]

Awesome content. Loved the quality of presentation ❤

[@gokulmohanarangan1673]

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 !

[@Allinonetvz]

Cool stuff guys keep the anthropology videos coming in, I love it!

[@sathishsivan7239]

வாழ்க தமிழ் ... Tamil Mother ...

[@Spashth]

Outstanding video quality and production. Really good presentation by both the presenters.

[@rawalji]

We in north India love culture of Tamil nadu and its people.

[@funlife1583]

You guys are very humble talkers. And obviously great work. Keep it up!

[@creativekid05]

Strange no north India Channel talk about this funny 😄 unbelievable

[@dipeshsinghnagarkoti6669]

Because we north indians are not even interested in that, so why will our channels broadcast this . Ab ye mat likh dena Tamil is oldest language Tamil are original inhabitants, 😂😂 tum logo ko hamare purvajoo ne ivc se bhagya tha ,or tum bhaag ke south me chale gye 😂😂 .

[@jacobcherian2005]

Hi. This is history which we weren't familiar before. Very little is written about history of South India. Need to work more deeply to bring the stories of the past , unbiased and truthfully for generations to come. Both the presenters have done their job well. Hope to hear more such authentic stories. Jacob Cherian

[@fulcrum2988]

Amazing video. Loved the scientific and factual approach. Have just subscribed and am eager to watch the rest of your videos. Amazing work!

[@anandkulkarni8313]

Very nicely done video. Once, when I was in Madurai, I looked for the historical books on Madurai. One senior Tamil person became curious and told me that Madurai would be older than Rome. I am from Karnataka and hope to see many more videos like this.

[@thirdeyeinthemaking7327]

Fascinating to learn about South India ancient civilization. Thank you.

[@StarPlanet56789]

Tamil civilization

[@ferdinandbunyan8793]

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]

Bro if tamil civilization is indegneuoys then what about others thete were humans even before keeladi

[@chinanumbawun111]

"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]

Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India. No Tamil's No India

[@prasantapathak7724]

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.

[@nigelgericke2533]

Fascinating video, very well presented. Thank you for this insight into South India

[@StarPlanet56789]

Insight into Tamil's the original inhabitants of India

[@sealofapoorval7437]

Very nicely made video!

[@rammohamatcheng]

First of all thanks to the producers of this video 🙏🏾. Excellent work and well edited. When the world turn their heads to south India and start digging than they will discover the real history of civilisation. Two things that makes it obvious, one that Tamil is the oldest language still spoken and south India has been continuously inhabited for a very very long time and that’s just the land we haven’t start looking in coastal sea beds yet…. more yet to come. My two cents 🙏🏾

[@StarPlanet56789]

Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

[@BujArt]

Great Video and content. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@bernardineali4107]

How wonderful !😊Loved this programme.

[@hair2050]

Beautifully produced and presented material. Excellent work, greatly appreciated. ❤