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A 2,500-Year-Old City Was Unearthed Near Madurai & It's Spectacular

Devang Pathak

Through comparative dating, we place this site to be belonging to the 3rd Century B.C., which is over 2,500 years ago. However, the exact age can be arrived at only after carbon dating,"

said

The ancient brick structure found at the excavation site

“Keezhadi could as well be the ‘Peru Manalur’, the city of Sangam Pandiyas mentioned in literature,

between

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