Ancient Sea Link Discovered By ASI (India)

The Statesman ^ | 2-12-2006

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Ancient sea link discovered by ASI

Press Trust of India

CHANDIGARH, Feb. 12. — Unraveling some facts buried in history, experts from Archaeological Survey of India said the possibility of a sea link between south India and the rest of Asia about 3,800 years ago could not be ruled out.

Mr Arun Malik, an archaeologist with ASI, Chennai, while throwing light on Adichannallur civilisation, said here that the observation of human morphological types based on the cranial evidences point to the existence of more than one racial and ethnic group in that region during the period of the civilisation’s long geo-historic period. “Occurrences of intermediate and pure traits of yellow race of South–east and Far-east Asia and typical ethnic and tribal Indians on the external morphology of the skulls and bones give credence to the fact that a sea trade may have been there,” said Mr P Raghavan, a bio-anthropologist currently assisting ASI, Chennai, in studying geo-morphological aspects.

Mr Malik said the latest excavations at the Adichanallur’s pre-historic site along the coast of Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu have yielded more than 160 urns, many of which contained hundreds of different-sized potteries. Husk, paddy and other cereals have also been found in the urns.

He said the people of Adichanallur were agrarian in nature who also mastered blacksmithery and made a variety of iron implements.

“The engraved drawings on the clay urns narrate the decoded ecological, environmental and cultural significance. For example, a fascinating art showing a tall dancing female with a large-sized reptile, probably a crocodile, and a member of a deer group explain the pre-historic faunal and floral wealth. An incomplete ancient Brahmin Tamil script engraved on inner surface of urn is yet to be decoded,” said Mr Malik. On the practice of burying their dead, Mr Malik said most of the burials were in association with iron and copper metallic objects like swords, knives and bangles.

Mr Raghavan said he had identified a unique pre-historic discovery of a stillborn baby. “The foetus is about 3-5 months old, which I found from one of the urns. Association of fossilised bird bones and domesticated cattle teeth further throw light on the pre-historic domestication of animals,” he said.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

ancient Brahmin Tamil script

Cronos, any comment?

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Mr Raghavan said he had identified a unique pre-historic discovery of a stillborn baby. “The foetus is about 3-5 months old, which I found from one of the urns. Association of fossilised bird bones and domesticated cattle teeth further throw light on the pre-historic domestication of animals,” he said.


What, they didnt even just threw their foetusses in the dumpster like we? What barbarians!

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[SunkenCiv]

Tamil Trade
INTAMM ^ | 1997 | Xavier S. Thani Nayagam
Posted on 09/11/2004 8:07:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1213591/posts

'Detectives' unearth secrets of the past
(Dilmun seals inscribed with Indus Valley inscription)
Daily News the Voice of Bahrain ^ | Monday 6th June 2005 | Rebecca Torr
Posted on 06/24/2005 9:49:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1429854/posts

[Gengis Khan]

The Tamil language belongs to the Dravidian family of languages which is completely different from the Indo-European family.Almost nothing is known about its origins except that this language was at one time spoken all over India before the Aryans gained dominance of northern India. The Dravidian language family (Brahui language)probably originated in the Indus valley (modern day Pakistan). It is said that the Dravidian family of languages may be a distant relative of the Uralic family (the the only language family having the slightest similarity with the Dravidian languages).The Tamil language is oldest surviving language in this family. Here is an example of the Tamil script:

 

[Hegemony Cricket]

"...a tall dancing female with a large-sized reptile, probably a crocodile..."

The earliest record of The Crocodile Rock?

[SunkenCiv]

The art was originally discovered by Professor Twist.

[Ptarmigan]

I have read that Korean could be in the Dravidian language family. I think I have read that Dravidian speaking people have a legend that they are from what is now Indonesia, also known as Sundaland, which is likely Atlantis.

[CarrotAndStick]

The Thai ( and other SE Asian scripts) were influenced heavily by Tamil Hindu/Buddhist preachers who travelled there centuries ago. Not likely the other way.

[Cronos]

Actually blam has a good link to a book that proposes an origin in South-East Asia -- when the sea levels rose at the end of the ice age, 10500 years ago, the people escaped to lands on the sea-coasts to the west of Indonesia -- namely to Tamil Nadu and the Indus VAlley and Sumeria (Iraq). That's why there was trade between the Indus VAlly and Sumeria. Also, this belies the Aryan "invasion" theory -- the Aryans mingled in with the city people (the Harappans)

[blam]

Sundaland

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