1,300 artefacts in Vembakottai

Article Title: 1,300 artefacts in Vembakottai

28-08-2024

History and Culture Of India Current Affairs Analysis

More than 1,300 artefacts have been unearthed during the excavations at Vembakottai in Virudhunagar district.

A carnelian intaglio showing a humped bull was also found at this site.

This is the second such carnelian intaglio found during archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu.

Another one such material on a wild boar was found in Keezhadi near Madurai in the past.

Carnelian are generally found only in Maharashtra and Gujarat and intaglio technique is from Rome.

The carnelian intaglio found in Keezhadi and Musiri belonged to the Sangam era.