In a
breakthrough, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday confirmed
that carbon dating of artefacts from the Adichanallur excavation site in
Thoothukudi district place them between 696 to 905 B C. It was a 15 year delay in assessing the date
of ancient site. It is said that the samples were not sent for carbon dating
and the report was not made ready.
ASI had
sent two samples to the Florida lab and the lab report dated March 18, 2019 stated
that samples from one urn is aged between 696-540 BC, 791-701 BC and a sample
from another urn is from 905-806 BC (2854-2755 years).
A
report on the carbon dating from the Alagankulam excavation site in
Ramanathapuram district found it to be from 345 BC.
Many
potteries found at the site have Tamil inscriptions, it will prove that the age
of Tamil is more than 345 BC and much older than Dhamma Lipi (Prakrit in the
Brahmi Script) of Ashoka Edicts, which is stated to be dated from 268 BC to 232
BC.
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