When jingoism reigns supreme, science takes a backseat. The recent announcement by Chief Minister M. K. Stalin that Iron Age began in Tamil Nadu is a case in point.

With recent findings on the Iron Age creating excitement among archaeologists and scholars worldwide, Tamil Nadu has charted ...

The Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department is planning extensive excavations at Korkai, the ancient port city of the Pandyan ...

Long before Rome, before China’s Iron Age, Tamil Nadu was already forging some of the world’s finest swords. New ...

The podcast that delves into the stories shaping southern India. In this episode, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Leena Reghunath ...

Archaeologists have found a 13-cm-long iron knife broken in three parts in the ongoing excavation site in Marungur in present ...

DMK MP Kanimozhi criticised the BJP-led Union government for threatening minorities, particularly Muslims. She condemned the government's silence on Tamil Nadu's 5,345-year-old Iron Age discovery in ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin announced on Thursday that the Iron Age in Tamil Nadu began over 5,300 years ago. In a statement, the Chief Minister, who ...

Recent radiometric dates from Tamil Nadu’, authored by K. Rajan and R. Sivanantham, Mr. Stalin said: “The Iron Age began on Tamil soil!”. He went on to cite carbon dating results from ...