Members of the Association of Artists Tamil Nadu on Wednesday represent a demonstration in Madurai. | Photo Credit: R. Ashok
“When an archaeological survey of archaeologist India (probably) AmarNath Ramakrishn has published a detailed report on ancient civilization in Keezhad on the basis of excavations from his official position, as minister of trade unions and members of the party who have no knowledge of the subject, knowledge and expert finding,” archaeologist.
On Wednesday, he spoke of the protest they had made an association for progressive writers Tamil Nad to require the release of the KEEZHADI excavation reports.
Mr. Santhalingam said that if the Union government was skeptical about the expertise of an archaeologist, they should appoint a team that verifies the facts of the report.
The assault of the knowledge of the archaeologist and the accusation of holding regional thinking was not something the government should do to store its ideology and politics, he said.
The recent political development presented by BJP was contrary to their own position, when the CEO probably published a book on the findings of the excavation of Adichanallur, he said.
While the Kayzhadi excavations have discovered the history of 100 years after the adichanallurus finding, as one could accept Adichanallur and not accept something that happened after this period, questioned.
“One of the oldest heroes in Puliman Combai with the inscriptions Brahmi, which dates back to the 3rd to 4th centuries BC, shows literary knowledge that Tamils, politically motivated statements of the Union and BJP leaders show their lack of scientific temperament.”
Before the British, the Indians believed that Mahabharat and Ramayan were the only history of India, he said.
“If not for the British who conducted extensive research all over the country and brought the history of Brahmi and languages and showed the world a ruler on behalf of Ashoka, most of the truth would be overshadowed by lies of the ruler and politicians,” he added.
Although the current protests could look like one between the parties, it was actually a protest between the Aryans and the Davidians, which dates back to 2000 years ago, he said.
Even in the regions surrounding Madurai, the Jain beds were commonly known as Panja Pandava Padukaigal (a term associated with Mahabharata) with people, he said.
“Only for research and evidence -based study are places known as Jain Beds, which used Jains as a resting place,” he said.
Madhurcurk Ramalingam also spoke during the protest.
Published – June 11, 2025 22:24 is
