Posted on 07/17/2006 11:28:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A unique Tamil-Brahmi Inscription on pottery of the second century AD has recently been excavated in Thailand. A Thai-French team of archaeologists, led by Dr. Bérénice Bellina of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, and Praon Silpanth, Lecturer, Silpakorn University, Thailand, has discovered a sherd of inscribed pottery during their current excavations at Phu Khao Thong in Thailand.
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The presence of the characteristic letter Ra confirms that the language is Tamil -- Photo: Courtesy, Dr. Berenice Bellina of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
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Ancient people apparently moved around a lot more than many historians give them credit for.
Farming must've been very boring.
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Posted on 09/11/2004 11:07:01 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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Links between Harappa and Neolithic Tamil Nadu
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Posted on 04/30/2006 6:01:01 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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Exciting but not surprising. Kind of fits in the arena of confirming expectations. A major problem in Southeast Asia is that so much of the construction was wood, so you have to rely on ancient smelters, pottery, moats and some foundations. A lot of the sites now being explored were overlooked for a long time because of scant surface evidence.
Proof that ancient people moved more than we could imagine.
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