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Question
Write briefly about the archaeological site at Kodumanal.
Answer in Brief
Solution
- Kodumanal is located in Erode district.
- More than 300 pottery inscriptions in Tamil – Brahmi have been discovered there.
- Archaeologists have also discovered spindles, whorls (used for making thread from cotton)
- Pieces of cloth, along with tools, weapons, ornaments, beads, particularly camelian also discovered here.
- A Menhir found at the burial site is assigned to the Megalithic period.
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Sources Vedic Literature
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