Minister of Culture and Tourism Union Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. | Photo Credit: File Photos
The Ministry of Culture of the Union informed Lok Sabha on Monday that the report of the main archaeologist, who led the excavation of the archaeological survey of India (probably) in Keeladi in Tamil Nadu, was “reviewed”. “Expert comments have been shared with the main archaeologist to be still completed,” he said.
In his response to DMK MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Minister of Trade Unions for Gajendra Singh Singh Shekhawat, he said that excavations carried out by archaeologists have probably been carried out for a certain period of time during which more than one archaeologist could earn. She asked if the report presented by archaeologist Amarnath Ramakrishn was officially reviewed by the government. “The main archaeologist presents a report on the excavation, which is examined by experts at about. After proper verification and integrating the conclusions of experts in parallel with the main excavation of archaeologists, it will issue an official report,” the Minister said.
To ask MP DMK above the “reason for the repeated transmission of the main archaeologist within nine months and its impact on the continuity of the excavation,” Shekhawat said: “The allocation of archaeological officers is a routine administrative matter.”
Regarding the question of Mrshangapandian whether the Center was determined to restore the excavation autonomy and “set a common panel of experts, including government denominators Tamil Nadu, in accordance with the protection of Tamil heritage and fervidian pride”, the excavations were carried out under laws and archaeological and archaeological sites. excavation in Keelaladi.
Mr. Singh also said that experts suggested that “the nomenclatures of three periods require change” and “the parenthesis of the 8th century BC up to the 5th century BC for 1 is not justified at all.” They stated that two more periods should also be determined on the basis of AMS scientific data and material obtained with regard to stratigraphic details. “For the oldest period in the current state of our knowledge, we can propose to the maximum before it comes somewhere in 300 BCE.”
Available scientific data “Only the depth from where the sample was collected may not be enough, but the layers should also be marked for a comparative analysis of consistency,” they said, according to information shared by Lok Sabha.
Experts registered their reservations about the following in the present report-the village of the village must be redrawn, content/map, plate, drawing, plan, outline, cultural period, which should be reorientated according to specified, stratigraphy, drawings and graffiti image.
Published – July 22, 2025 12:48 PM
