The Oldest Settlements in South India: The Keeladi Excavations

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  • čas přidán 5. 03. 2023
  • How old are the oldest settlements in south India? What did the recent excavations at Keeladi and other places along the Vaigai and Porunai (Thamirabarani) rivers reveal?
    For a long time, it was believed that south India had no ancient urban civilisations like in the north. While the Sangam Period (dated 300 BCE - 300 CE) literature talks of a sophisticated Tamil civilisation, there was no concrete archaeological proof to back it up…until the path-breaking Keeladi excavations that started in 2015.
    A series of digs carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India in a little village near Madurai unearthed artefacts dating back at least to the 6th century BCE. This included pottery fragments with graffiti marks very similar to the Indus Valley script.
    But Keeladi isn’t the first or only place to offer evidence of ancient settlements in Tamil Nadu. Adichanallur, Korkai, Pallavaram, Attirampakkam and many more sites have thrown up an array of amazing artefacts over the last 100 years or so, including the oldest human tool to be ever discovered in India - a hand-axe that was discovered in Pallavaram, part of present-day Chennai. It’s only in recent years that the pieces of the jigsaw have started coming together. Archaeologists believe that many more exciting discoveries, possibilities and answers are waiting to be found at this site.
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  • @sfsen
    @sfsen Před rokem +913

    Tamil Nadu, the mother ❤❤❤❤ - Love from kerala

  • @08gani
    @08gani Před rokem +283

    The first unbiased coverage for a Tamil Civilization. Thanks for the details.

    • @navalfa7291
      @navalfa7291 Před měsícem

      Blame Marxist historians for poor coverage.

  • @prashanthreddy3326
    @prashanthreddy3326 Před rokem +347

    My love and respects to Tamil Nadu from Hyderabad, Telangana.

    • @prashanthreddy3326
      @prashanthreddy3326 Před rokem +7

      For its culture, history, nature and people.

    • @sathishkumar-ny9ml
      @sathishkumar-ny9ml Před rokem +10

      We are one genetic. I am from Tamilnadu

    • @muralidasb8504
      @muralidasb8504 Před rokem +11

      We are one. The origin of the soil.

    • @JayPatel-ok1wv
      @JayPatel-ok1wv Před rokem +11

      I am from Gujarat, ❤️❤️ and respect all traditional values, history of all states, great research and presentation for South Indian story with facts

    • @agentpenguin3966
      @agentpenguin3966 Před rokem +9

      Bro, its been very recent since I got to know about the history of Telugu. Considering that Tamil and Telugu were from the same language (Proto-Dravidian), it will be great if the government of Telangana and Andhra invest in researching about the origins of Telugu and the life of people who developed Telugu from Proto-Dravidian. Together, the southern states can solve the puzzle of Indus Valley Civilisation. Love from Chennai!

  • @ruturajtalkies9860
    @ruturajtalkies9860 Před 11 měsíci +355

    Being a North Indian i feel more homely in TAMIL NADU .. People are humble and sweet.. specially the language TAMIL ❤️ you can feel the beauty once you started learning 🤩 and please don’t fall into some political agenda which is temporary but the connection with people is PERMANENT ❤️

    • @Idly89
      @Idly89 Před 9 měsíci

      None is like the leftist .. agents ..it's just no other right political party is with real right people..that's why people had to vote this or that both with Leftist Chinese ISI agents...

    • @ebendaniel
      @ebendaniel Před 8 měsíci +7

      ❤ More love to you from Tamil Nadu!

    • @rathy_v
      @rathy_v Před 8 měsíci +7

      Because of the rich culture and values, you can't get all these from any other civilization. Hindusiam and Tamil have been twined and can't separate it it is our souls . That is why our civilization , the greatest in the world

    • @nitishpal3966
      @nitishpal3966 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Not Hinduism Bhudhism bro,,,☸️

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +9

      Tamils are the original inhabitants of India

  • @SachinSingh024
    @SachinSingh024 Před rokem +868

    I have huge respect for the great Tamil language and culture! And I'm happy to see many in North India also realising the fact that instead of imposing Hindi, we can all celebrate Tamil

    • @ThiruMSwamy
      @ThiruMSwamy Před rokem +27

      We welcome brother

    • @Sykik.reader
      @Sykik.reader Před rokem +24

      Thanks for that civility and love.

    • @cryptowhale1615
      @cryptowhale1615 Před rokem +5

      @@ThiruMSwamy the aliens took them. into the heavens

    • @manivelarung
      @manivelarung Před rokem +1

      🙏

    • @panjabipandit
      @panjabipandit Před rokem +38

      Just so you know- Not all North Indians speak Hindi lmao. I'm a Punjabi Hindu and we speak Punjabi, obviously. Many of us who are North Indian and not from UP and Bihar, have our own languages and also are affected by the Hindi imposition. So I can sympathize with how you all feel. To be fair, many of us in the North think everyone in the south speaks Tamil, which of course is ridiculous.

  • @dushyanthk3679
    @dushyanthk3679 Před rokem +67

    Am from tamilnadu.... Thank you very much for the work... வாழ்க தமிழ் வளர்க தமிழ்.

  • @bharathkumar6260
    @bharathkumar6260 Před rokem +99

    Proud of Tamil Nadu, Heritage, Culture, History, Greatness and still holding them tight even after many invasions --- A Telugu Neighbor

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +5

      Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

    • @bharathkumar6260
      @bharathkumar6260 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@StarPlanet56789 I feel most south Indians also.

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@bharathkumar6260 Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

  • @user-ml7dn4rv6j
    @user-ml7dn4rv6j Před 11 měsíci +83

    I'm a New Yorker, but always searching for information on South India. This is such a well presented piece with such fascinating info. thank you.

    • @West2WesternGhats
      @West2WesternGhats Před 9 měsíci +1

      why South India..?

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +5

      Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

    • @user-ml7dn4rv6j
      @user-ml7dn4rv6j Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@West2WesternGhats anything with the patina of antiquity is so marvelous to me and to learn the genius of ancient craftsmanship....ahhh

  • @kalain8970
    @kalain8970 Před rokem +646

    Wow! all the Tamizh names were pronounced exactly as they should be. Kudos for that! Wonderful coverage of civilization from this part of the world.

    • @user-pakshibhithi10
      @user-pakshibhithi10 Před rokem +19

      Aren't they Tamils themselves? What's so special about them pronouncing Tamil words correctly? You should expect them to pronounce Tamil words correctly, not surprised because they pronounced Tamil words correctly.

    • @vanillajoy2106
      @vanillajoy2106 Před rokem +6

      He is from Chennai.

    • @anonymoushuman8153
      @anonymoushuman8153 Před rokem

      do you even what the hell you are talking about? throughout the video the guy talks about keeladi instead of keezhadi. Stop bootlicking kalai.

    • @user-pakshibhithi10
      @user-pakshibhithi10 Před rokem +18

      @@anonymoushuman8153Many Indians except for Tamils and Malayalis cannot differentiate between 'Keezhadi' and 'Keeladi', since only these two languages have the 'zh' pronunciation, it is pronounced like a stressed 'L' other Dravidian languages DO have a stressed 'L' sound, example in Telugu it is 'ళ', but, Tamil and Malayalam have a third 'L' sound written in English as 'zh' which isn't present in other Dravidian languages.

    • @someone90000
      @someone90000 Před rokem +2

      @@user-pakshibhithi10 so?

  • @sagebay2803
    @sagebay2803 Před rokem +250

    As an American, I LOVE this channel. This video was very well put-together. I appreciate that. Thank you.

  • @nareshnarayanan6484
    @nareshnarayanan6484 Před rokem +135

    Thank you for this commendable work , Do continue making quality content like this. Thanks from TN❤️

  • @almas806
    @almas806 Před 8 měsíci +39

    I am from Malaysia and I have always respected the culture and values of the Tamils here in my country. I have always expected the Tamils to have a higher and longer civilization than what we have been told. I have just subscribed. TQ.

  • @avinashviews345
    @avinashviews345 Před rokem +1207

    Times now, India Today , Hindi media would not cover this

  • @expt22
    @expt22 Před rokem +491

    This is so fascinating. Entire account of India's civilization has been so focused on Indus valley that other regions with historical importance were neglected.

    • @seekwisdom7757
      @seekwisdom7757 Před rokem +20

      All indian ancient archaeology has been neglected because the conquered are exploited , victims having life blood sucked dry, not allowed pride in their past that would stop the looting & exploitation. No blame or competition India is rising now. Work to level all up

    • @tvrulz46
      @tvrulz46 Před rokem +25

      @@seekwisdom7757 the British were the fathers of modern Indian archaeology if that’s who you were implying. Without them we wouldn’t have discovered the IVC nor translated Ashoka’s pillars. Without them Ashoka would’ve been a mere foot note in history.

    • @tonmoy1549
      @tonmoy1549 Před rokem

      Megalithic structures made by oogas boogas don't have much importance compared to IVC, and that's a fact.

    • @sonuchauhan-ne3cj
      @sonuchauhan-ne3cj Před rokem +28

      @@tvrulz46 British were the ones doing excavations because in India, it was british rule back than. Who were supposed to do excavation or other archeological works back than?? The exploited people of India who was struggling to eat? Indians weren't even allowed at officer position, only rich received real education. British did archeological work in India, because only they could & considering they were in power, they were supposed to. They did it to put their own name in History. They would have killed to be first one to excavate Harappa etc.

    • @veronicalogotheti1162
      @veronicalogotheti1162 Před rokem +3

      The hindus valley were from the south that went up later down again

  • @shawnh4528
    @shawnh4528 Před rokem +134

    I live in the same land where One of the World's first dam was built, #TheKallanai built by Karikala Chozhan during the Sangam era
    Just gives me tears to know we the Thamizh people have a legendary past.

    • @sundarv9260
      @sundarv9260 Před rokem +1

      This itself shows that Europeans were arriving in Tamil Nadu as mercenaries, merchants and artisans also. These DMK idiots who keep claiming all non-black people are not Tamils is utter nonsense. The Europeans would have settled here and would have intermarried also.

    • @dayasubramaniam2929
      @dayasubramaniam2929 Před 11 měsíci +1

      First dam build by mesopotanians in 4000BCE

    • @shawnh4528
      @shawnh4528 Před 11 měsíci +10

      @@dayasubramaniam2929 I said one of the world's first dam
      Sad folks don't understand language 😑

    • @ASURA-XD
      @ASURA-XD Před 9 měsíci +4

      ​@@dayasubramaniam2929oldest in india

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Not just legendary past But Tamils are the original inhabitants of India

  • @emmanuelraylive
    @emmanuelraylive Před rokem +74

    I believe that the Tamil civilisation is the oldest in the world. Much of it has been either forgotten, erased or hidden. I'm Sri Lankan and come from a predominantly Tamil background. I've always been incredibly proud of our ancient civilization, history, culture and language. I've been living in London for 18 years but am very much connected to my roots. I would love to visit Keeladi someday !

    • @ancientminds199
      @ancientminds199 Před rokem +3

      You can believe whatever nonsense you want. Beliefs need not talk reality. Right?

    • @t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411
      @t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411 Před rokem

      ​@@ancientminds199 just shut up 😠 In India many fiction stories like Mahabharata 😡 but in tamil the history is real and can actually date back till 8000BCE back so just stop your fake history

    • @t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411
      @t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411 Před rokem +1

      In north many ruler were changed so real history had distroyed and the religions were changed so it may difficult to understand the real history for north Indian. Today also many north Indian gene 🧬 were Tamil gene 🧬 DNA 😠😠😠

    • @t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411
      @t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411 Před rokem

      Aariyans have changed our history into their own fictional stories 😡😡😡

    • @ancientminds199
      @ancientminds199 Před rokem

      @@t.hemalathat.hemalatha9411 grow up kiddo. The entire population of South Asia is a mixture of South Asian hunter gatherers, Iranian farmers, Steppe pastoralists. Some could have Sino Tibetan and middle eastern also...

  • @DeeCeeD
    @DeeCeeD Před rokem +225

    My village has Roman coins and Greek coins at large, you can find it in almost all farms even today. My village for know for green stones and was a place where iron ore and weapon making factory which is in kodumanal.

    • @vijayvijay4123
      @vijayvijay4123 Před rokem +24

      @I_I Don't make India look bad in the eye's of others. You north people have a Entitled mentality

    • @jamesbaldwin5532
      @jamesbaldwin5532 Před rokem +27

      ​@@vijayvijay4123 What's so bad about asking a piece of collectibles that has no monetary value just historical significance for free? It is not about North Indians but Only those passionate about history would want it. Change your degraded mindset.

    • @vicky116
      @vicky116 Před rokem +23

      @@vijayvijay4123 So much of hate for people living in other parts of India save the Southern states! Why?
      Are human beings living in Northern, Eastern and Western India inferior in your views?
      Please improve your supremacist mindset. All are humans and India is one. No one superior or anyone inferior. Get Dravidian politics out of your head.
      And only those people will bother to ask for a piece of history who care. Mostly India's ancient historical coins are buried, stolen or melted for metal value!

    • @Mahalakshmi-Khan
      @Mahalakshmi-Khan Před rokem

      can you tell the name of your village? I'm fascinated!

    • @rajbalar9207
      @rajbalar9207 Před rokem +3

      Name the village .The archeological survey of India...might find something interesting

  • @dinezrk
    @dinezrk Před rokem +110

    Mind blowing history of South India which roots way back more than expectation but what even more astonishing is our National media does not cover such proud discovery moments. Keeladi deserves more limelight than what it is today. I hope our Central Govt. will allocate the funds for excavation that Keezhadi very much deserves 🙏🏾
    Thanks to Storytrails channel for such a genuine effort to unfold & show an imp. message to the world 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @DDkhappytravel
      @DDkhappytravel Před rokem +1

      Tamilnadu tamil languvage no funds

    • @rathy_v
      @rathy_v Před 8 měsíci +2

      Our civilization is the greatest and oldest in the world. I am proud to be Hindu _ saivam and Tamil. And living all around the world

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci

      North Indians fear being subordinated by the antiquity of the Tamils. Thus they hide information

    • @digcurbnr2312
      @digcurbnr2312 Před 6 měsíci +2

      ​@@rathy_vJainism(Samanam) and Aseevagam among many were more popular in Tamilnadu before the advent of Shaivite faith...

    • @rathy_v
      @rathy_v Před 6 měsíci

      @digcurbnr2312 What great you study great 6 history book?

  • @rawalji
    @rawalji Před 4 měsíci +5

    We in north India love culture of Tamil nadu and its people.

  • @cleanpull999
    @cleanpull999 Před rokem +28

    Even if there is any evidence, Tamil history will be blacked out...see how Korean - Princess parental connection to Tamil Pandya Kingdom was credit to Uttar Pradesh, this is the state of Indian Politics, that is why South India kind of remains aloof from the rest of the country.

  • @silvarajoomuniandy4316
    @silvarajoomuniandy4316 Před rokem +70

    Thirukural was written about 2000 years and Thirumanthiram was written 2200 years ago. This is historical. So the Tamils were already fluent in the Tamil language by then, it shows they were already there many thousand years. So what's the problem.

    • @KvarietyOppa
      @KvarietyOppa Před rokem +7

      can someone explain to me i am north indian and i dont speak tamil and there are barely any video in hindi or english on this topic on youtube
      so according to aryan invasion theory aryan invaded bharat in 1500 bce and killed the inhabitants and forced the remaning ones to move south , but according to the findings the southern civilization thrived the literature thrived way before invasion happened skulls of different group of people is found in region so how much of aryan invasion is true
      if invasion happened does tamil text talk about it or they talk about any wars with aryans?
      what kind of gods they worshipped ? was there any established belief system?
      i would be grateful if someone can explain me this ?

    • @jacksonkingk2240
      @jacksonkingk2240 Před rokem +28

      @@KvarietyOppa it's not an invasion.. it was rather an step wise migration because of drought, change in river flows etc. We need a lot of archeological exploration in the south to know about the 3k bc since, the Indian govt is always biased and neglected the culture and history of the south to suit the brahminical narrative of (Hindus / brahmins are from India). In Tamil culture we worshipped nature as God. 'pongal' is a prominent anti caste/ religious festival of the Tamils denoting thankfulness towards the nature for the harvest.

    • @KvarietyOppa
      @KvarietyOppa Před rokem +5

      @@jacksonkingk2240 chatti puja is also a festival in northern India praying to just nature same goes for many northern states it's not something unique to Tamil Nadu

    • @vinothkumarn4780
      @vinothkumarn4780 Před rokem +4

      @@KvarietyOppa Hi, by the way in the chatti Puja, what's is the meaning of chatti as per Hindi?

    • @KvarietyOppa
      @KvarietyOppa Před rokem +5

      @@vinothkumarn4780 ok so chatth is the pronunciation and it comes from my mother tongue 'maithili' it is spoken is northern bihar and southern nepal chatti simple means 6 because it falls on 6th day of Kartik month(Vikram samvat) sun,river,earth,moon

  • @arvind50
    @arvind50 Před rokem +130

    I grew up in the banks of palar (kanchi) and a part of my childhood was in madurai (both places very close to the excavation sites). Brings tears to my eyes knowing that the groud beneath me nurtured civilizations 10s of thousands of years into the past. Really humbled and feel eternally grateful for having been born in such a blessed land. Thank you so much for this video. 🙏

  • @rabayasekara5278
    @rabayasekara5278 Před rokem +121

    Wow! A great video of a great and ancient Tamil history, love it. We share so much with South India, I'm a Sinhalese from Sri Lanka.

  • @kraut1982
    @kraut1982 Před rokem +376

    Thanks for the video in English, most videos about Keezhadi were limited to Tamil audiences. The civilization in Gangetic plane is not called Vedic civilization it’s called Cemetery H and later Painted Greyware culture. The Indus valley civilization sites extends to Dholavira in Gujarat and Daimabad in Maharashtra.

    • @Q_QQ_Q
      @Q_QQ_Q Před rokem +11

      There was never chhedic civilization.

    • @tonmoy1549
      @tonmoy1549 Před rokem +20

      The names you stated are just different words used by scholars to identify the Vedic age. The names are not contradictory.

    • @common-sense99
      @common-sense99 Před rokem

      All south and north india and tibet and nepal and pakistan and afghanstan is all vedic civilisation.
      Stop seeing from lens of aryan story of british based on indus valley diggings .thats a british created story.a lie.

    • @silvarajoomuniandy4316
      @silvarajoomuniandy4316 Před rokem +8

      Well we don't need western terms and terminology, we have our own,

    • @tonmoy1549
      @tonmoy1549 Před rokem +2

      @silvaraju can you please name some of your own terminologies?

  • @lyricass7810
    @lyricass7810 Před 8 měsíci +11

    Why national media is not covering topics like this ? its a shame. Thanks for the wonderful video guys :)

  • @arulwastaken
    @arulwastaken Před rokem +54

    Adichanallur is inside my district I visited when the excavation starts and I find out that burial ground where they bury for 3500 year back still that is a burial ground. Its purely remarkable how our ancester keep this place from ancient time. Proud to be a Tamilan and south indian

    • @Kannan-qp4kn
      @Kannan-qp4kn Před rokem +1

      Burial of died people in mahabharatham war.

    • @naveenk6387
      @naveenk6387 Před 11 měsíci

      @@goldenstate-sl9vf
      Exactly . . these idiots will always fit their superstitions and idiotic beliefs into everything

    • @theindianathletics5113
      @theindianathletics5113 Před 11 měsíci +3

      What about being Indian?

    • @naveenk6387
      @naveenk6387 Před 11 měsíci +2

      What about being global citizen ?

    • @arulwastaken
      @arulwastaken Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@theindianathletics5113 south indian isnt in india?

  • @ahjotco906
    @ahjotco906 Před rokem +13

    Interesting story and excellent presentation. As a Chinese person in the USA, cheers from the USA 🇺🇸🙏👍👏🇺🇲

  • @Muthukaviyarasan
    @Muthukaviyarasan Před rokem +4

    Finally India ready to accept the truth, I’m happy to see that🙋🏻‍♂️😇🇮🇳

  • @complimentary_voucher
    @complimentary_voucher Před 10 měsíci +25

    As a non-Indian who appreciates Subcontinental culture, thank you for this Tamil/southern story, I'm tired of hearing about the North lol (no disrespect to the North). Obviously there is so much more to discover with the important trading connections etc, must be an exciting field right now. Cheers from NZ.

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

    • @chilarai1
      @chilarai1 Před 8 měsíci

      Biggest discovery in Keeladi is the use of the Brahmi script which is the same used in North India. Indian civilization is and was one, the oldest on earth stretching from Afghanistan to the Philippines.

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@chilarai1 Nothing to do with Aryan north Indians. Entirely archaic Tamil. History books are full of misleading and distorted connotations. Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India. No Tamil's No India. The rest of people if India are outsiders

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@chilarai1 Thy Aryans always has a trick on the back. As usual the indian rope trick. But you can't fight truth. Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

    • @Ulatimber
      @Ulatimber Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@StarPlanet56789Aryan or aryavrate . Aryavrate which is modern India, Bharat

  • @cicilysunny8462
    @cicilysunny8462 Před 11 měsíci +22

    Alexander Rea and Korkai were part of two questions in UPSC CSE Prelims 2023, was able to answer those questions because I had watched this video some months ago. Your videos are really interesting, informative and most of all helps to discover our glorious past. You're doing a great job 👏 ❤

  • @sibivasanthy6032
    @sibivasanthy6032 Před rokem +38

    Anyone who hasn't please do visit Adicchanaalur. The vibe there is so special that you feel the ancientness of the place. Our family deity is very close to it. So lucky to go there often.

    • @Dkarthid
      @Dkarthid Před rokem +1

      Places to visit there?

  • @k.nanthakumar8151
    @k.nanthakumar8151 Před rokem +55

    Thanks 🙏🏽 to high light our Tamil civilization which was purposefully forgotten to bury us ….❤

    • @YASHWANTH25691
      @YASHWANTH25691 Před rokem +9

      Tamils were there in the tamil nadu from very old. Stop saying we came from north.

    • @motherearth5229
      @motherearth5229 Před rokem

      ​@@YASHWANTH25691 true

    • @rajmk3
      @rajmk3 Před rokem

      @@YASHWANTH25691 They went to north!

  • @heetendragupta2754
    @heetendragupta2754 Před 9 měsíci +44

    Happy to hear about one of our ancient civilizations. I am a Hindi speaking person from North India, but I must say, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam all are my countries languages and none is more or less important than other, they are all equally important and must be respected equally. :)

    • @srinivasreddyt9555
      @srinivasreddyt9555 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Thanks but Delhi sultanate(both BJP and congress) thinks otherwise 😢

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Wrong. Don't steal into Tamil. Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India. Tamil's gave India it's culture and classical traditions

    • @Agnostic7773
      @Agnostic7773 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@StarPlanet56789🐷

    • @story-ju9cu
      @story-ju9cu Před 8 měsíci +6

      ​@@StarPlanet56789you guys are so much educated right so you must know that there is no original ana fake in Indian subcontinent. 🤡

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci +4

      @@story-ju9cu Ha,ha. I am hearing the language of envy and jealousy. Dude Tamils are the original inhabitants of India. Despite how hard you try you can't clone as a Tamil cause Tamil is a DNA . What a Tamil pride - being the only living classical race in the world. Tamil endru sollada!!!..

  • @dhanus_kumar_vlogger
    @dhanus_kumar_vlogger Před rokem +26

    A good documentary about our ancient civilization. Proud to be a tamilan ❤

  • @saravanakumarg3087
    @saravanakumarg3087 Před rokem +12

    Wow! A great history of Tamil civilization
    Thanks for keeladi excavations

    • @logeshwaranm2682
      @logeshwaranm2682 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@iamgreat151hey mental..we have a proof of padiyans domination about 2000year's...

  • @sachinddamoadhar27
    @sachinddamoadhar27 Před rokem +65

    I am glad we are discussing on Tamil civilization ❤️

    • @SanthoshKumar-so8tq
      @SanthoshKumar-so8tq Před rokem +11

      You mean Indian civilization... these sites pre dates Tamil

    • @tapasyap8867
      @tapasyap8867 Před rokem +26

      ​@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq Who said? Worlds oldest language is Tamil. India was formed only in 1947.

    • @JV-ut4fi
      @JV-ut4fi Před rokem +18

      @@SanthoshKumar-so8tq What India, what were the boundaries of India 3000 years ago?

    • @SanthoshKumar-so8tq
      @SanthoshKumar-so8tq Před rokem +13

      @@tapasyap8867 Lol Nope.. Tamil is not the oldest language.. there are older languages thatn that 🤣 there is no evidence of tamil beyond 2000 years.. stop living in la la land

    • @SanthoshKumar-so8tq
      @SanthoshKumar-so8tq Před rokem +10

      @@JV-ut4fi What tamil..? There is no tamil 3000 years ago.. 🤣 not even a trace

  • @neelimaraj9026
    @neelimaraj9026 Před rokem +98

    I’m from Hyderabad, Settled in Sydney 👍🏻I found this while browsing for RRR oscar video😂 . Very fortunate to find this channel. Really very informative and excellent content channel. Graphics are top notch quality 🙌🏻🤝 good on you mates ✨

    • @manojmadhavan294
      @manojmadhavan294 Před rokem +7

      This is our history bro.... If it is older than 2000 years....then it's our history only bro

    • @nagendraraman6410
      @nagendraraman6410 Před rokem +1

      Thats exactly how i got here too.

    • @neelimaraj9026
      @neelimaraj9026 Před rokem +1

      @@manojmadhavan294 yup 👍🏻 Dravidian History is a ancient history 🙏🏻

    • @vengateshp9863
      @vengateshp9863 Před rokem +8

      ​@@neelimaraj9026 dis s tamilan history not a dravidian..

    • @manojmadhavan294
      @manojmadhavan294 Před rokem +2

      @@vengateshp9863 we can switch the word Dravidian....but we can't the fact that we are same.....only sounds of the language changed because of Sanskrit ...and because we lossed... Telugu kanndam malayali and Tamil has same dna bro....in between I am purely Tamil that's make a pure Dravidian also.....i am support both ntk and dmk....we are genetically same and Tamil is language name we inherited from the old history....but doesn't make us only owner of all the history.... Tamil is the name of old language name....but our language also changed so much from the old .

  • @KARAYAMSAN
    @KARAYAMSAN Před rokem +3

    Proud of this pride... much ❤️ from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

  • @tanbirnr2389
    @tanbirnr2389 Před rokem +12

    there's is no doubt India may had so many hidden ancient civilizations with different cultures,
    i really wanna go back in time..

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci

      Bedrock of Indian civilization is TAMIL ! Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

  • @marioduddu471
    @marioduddu471 Před rokem +22

    At last we're beginning to discover our true heritage. God bless you.

  • @podimala
    @podimala Před rokem +30

    Love the fact that you are sticking to the data and not prone to political or theological agenda. Narration is very good!....Great channel...

  • @devamjani8041
    @devamjani8041 Před měsícem +2

    Few corrections:
    1) Everyone knew southern civilization was atleast 2800 years old since steel was discovered in southern India around 2600 to 2800 years ago. Also, the longest surviving empire in the world was also a south Indian empire, the Pandyas, whose empire lasted atleast 1800 years.
    2) The Harrappan civilization was believed to be atleast 5300 years old, not 4600. Also, recent ASI excavations and surveys have discovered the civilization to be atleast 8000 years old. Making it the oldest in the world. The report of these surveys is expected to be published in a few months.
    Love to people from southern part of India from Gujarat 😊

  • @semperfidelis2970
    @semperfidelis2970 Před 11 měsíci +13

    It is only reasonable to assume that India also has a long long history of human habitation. We hear about the British isles and we hear about Africa and excavations in South America. When it comes to India, this is the first time I have ever stumbled upon an archaeological segment about India. It's wonderful to have watched this and I just wrongly assumed that India isn't interested in archeology, don't judge me please, because I've never ever heard of anything archaeological related in India. India. Now I know better and know where to look

  • @ferdinandbunyan8793
    @ferdinandbunyan8793 Před rokem +12

    Wow! I always believed that the Tamil civilization was the original civilization from our land,, and it clearly shows who are the original inhabitants of the great land

    • @soumyadipmukherjee6627
      @soumyadipmukherjee6627 Před rokem

      Bro if tamil civilization is indegneuoys then what about others thete were humans even before keeladi

    • @chinanumbawun111
      @chinanumbawun111 Před rokem

      "original inhabitants" this makes it sound like you want to Alienate our Northern Indian brothers and sisters.
      We all are native to our land, Bharatha.
      Don't divide us

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci

      Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India. No Tamil's No India

  • @yj9032
    @yj9032 Před rokem +12

    This video should have millions of views.

  • @adithyaks8584
    @adithyaks8584 Před rokem +14

    3 Sangam were there in Tamil history. Mudhal Sangam, Idai Sangam and Kadai Sangam which means first, intermediate and the last group / organization. Pandyan kings were the ones who formed this Sangam and promoted literature which resulted in so many Tamil books of that period.

  • @joangordoneieio
    @joangordoneieio Před 11 měsíci +5

    TY! I am so fascinated by ancient civilizations. Tamil/Indus Valley my latest obsession!

  • @devikb5837
    @devikb5837 Před rokem +39

    Fair and honest explanation...👏👏

  • @ThothathriRamanSEAAstandards

    Most comprehensive video of the pride of Tamil Civilisation i have seen. The narrative was rich with content and rendered effortlessly with passion congratulations for the great effort !!

    • @SanthoshKumar-so8tq
      @SanthoshKumar-so8tq Před rokem +1

      Indian civilization.. no one calls Indus valley as Sanskrit civilization.

    • @SugandhanMSA
      @SugandhanMSA Před rokem +7

      @@SanthoshKumar-so8tq because it is not sanskrit civilization , no one is sure about the language used there 😏

    • @SanthoshKumar-so8tq
      @SanthoshKumar-so8tq Před rokem +4

      @@SugandhanMSA lol then the south civilization is not tamil too.. No one knows what language used in southern area beyond 2000 years.. Southern India got various languages form ancient times.. Even in this keeladi there was no tamil scripts found only IVC script was excavated 😌 so its a part of Indian civilizational legacy scattered in whole subcontinent.

    • @birdsfly259
      @birdsfly259 Před rokem +6

      ​@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq 😂 they found tamil brahmi scripts watch other videos first tamil scripts with 2800yeara ago

    • @birdsfly259
      @birdsfly259 Před rokem +4

      ​​@@SanthoshKumar-so8tq they found tamil brahmi with indus valley scripts

  • @jamesblackwell2067
    @jamesblackwell2067 Před rokem +23

    hey, this is a great video, you should make longer documentaries about Indian history

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci

      No such thing as Indian history. Indian history is Tamil history. No Tamil's No India

  • @jeanminatchy1381
    @jeanminatchy1381 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Please broadcast this programme in the whole country and worldwide. Films and documentaries for our children/parents must be made;
    I think we need to be proud of our roots and origins.
    We feel stronger and we have more ENERGY to move forward.

  • @anotherelvis
    @anotherelvis Před rokem +10

    4:00 Nitpick: The researchers didn't perform DNA analysis on the skeletons from Aditanallur. They just did a skeletal analysis. - Great series though. Thank you for the video.

  • @er_ragupathy_visuals
    @er_ragupathy_visuals Před rokem +3

    நன்றி 🙏🙏
    தமிழ்நாட்டில் இருந்து ❤️❤️

  • @engineershubworld1689
    @engineershubworld1689 Před rokem +1

    தமிழரின் வரலாறு மிகச்சரியாக வெளி கொணரப்படுகிறது
    வாழ்த்துக்கள்

  • @SheranAslam
    @SheranAslam Před rokem +6

    அருமையான பதிவு... உங்கள் சேவை தொடரட்டும் ✌️

  • @sivaniam
    @sivaniam Před rokem +32

    Publishing books alone is not enough (though greatly appreciated and encouraged), but it is videos like these that spreads the message faster. Hats off to a those involve in the making of this video. We hope to see more of such videos on-line. Thank you.

  • @thewanderdire
    @thewanderdire Před rokem +63

    I am a malayali... I am proud to be Dravidian..💪🏻🔥❤️ love from Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦

    • @jamesbaldwin5532
      @jamesbaldwin5532 Před rokem +5

      But Malyalis are Aryans.

    • @motherearth5229
      @motherearth5229 Před rokem +23

      Dravidian means telugu, malayalam, kannada.
      Tamil people ruled southern to North and south east Asia.
      Tamil language culture and tradition are older than malayalam , kannada and telugu.

    • @motherearth5229
      @motherearth5229 Před rokem +1

      ​@@jamesbaldwin5532 dark skin people are origins and white skin people are aryans

    • @thewanderdire
      @thewanderdire Před rokem +8

      @@jamesbaldwin5532 malayalis are not fully Aryan. ANI genes are more in higher caste. That's it. But that doesn't make you a Dravidan it's love and affection to our language.

    • @dushyanthk3679
      @dushyanthk3679 Před rokem +2

      Dravidian????? Really brother!!!?

  • @dharanig6292
    @dharanig6292 Před rokem +5

    I have seen ample number of videos on Keeladi, but the flow of story, it's possible anthropological explanation and the related articles reference were scripted so perfectly, that I doubt I can't find any other better video than yours after this. Thank you for such a wonderful video content. And both the narrators were specifically convincing to the content they presented. Overall a Wonderful work.

  • @sau002
    @sau002 Před rokem +37

    Very informative. Nicely presented, without any biases. Thank you.

  • @paulphelps7809
    @paulphelps7809 Před rokem +66

    Wow! ..makes me think that true history is just beginning to be uncovered.

    • @Q_QQ_Q
      @Q_QQ_Q Před rokem +1

      Propaganda

    • @anandhvijaykumar667
      @anandhvijaykumar667 Před rokem +17

      ​@@Q_QQ_Q ikr, having to hide discoveries for a long time, just so any notion that the tamil civilization is older can be silenced.

    • @MsHSpring
      @MsHSpring Před rokem +4

      @@anandhvijaykumar667 yup.. congress has never showed any interest in our culture or our heritage or our history (except ensuring their name goes in it).. thankfully now we have a central government who takes pride in India, our culture and heritage and works to preserving its glory..

    • @anandhvijaykumar667
      @anandhvijaykumar667 Před rokem +4

      @@MsHSpring how high are you?

    • @Mahalakshmi-Khan
      @Mahalakshmi-Khan Před rokem +1

      @@MsHSpring wrong answer. This is all done by tamil nadu state government initiatives.

  • @ratnakararumugam2582
    @ratnakararumugam2582 Před rokem +5

    i hate to break this to you, Keeladi is not just the oldest civilization of SOUTH INDIA, it is the oldest one of INDIA!

  • @Allinonetvz
    @Allinonetvz Před 11 měsíci +3

    Cool stuff guys keep the anthropology videos coming in, I love it!

  • @ManiKandan-hc7fx
    @ManiKandan-hc7fx Před rokem +6

    Iam happy to see that north indians crying here

  • @Aussie_Truth
    @Aussie_Truth Před rokem +16

    This is so interesting, I hope to watch more of your episodes. Very easy to understand and very well presented. 🙏 Thank you

  • @sabeeshvk
    @sabeeshvk Před rokem +4

    Excited to see this video !
    Fascinating piece of Sangam history when my state Kerala was also part of it. Read that Keeladi museum has been built to house the artifacts discovered from Keladi. Would love to visit soon !

  • @abishekmuralidhar
    @abishekmuralidhar Před rokem +3

    Very well presented. Thank you for compiling this fascinating information on on ancient Tamil settlements. Looking forward to more videos on this topic.

  • @Chandransingham
    @Chandransingham Před rokem +6

    Seen in London, UK. Fascinating stuff. Connection to Sri Lanka is also interesting.

  • @Mr-rf4ux
    @Mr-rf4ux Před rokem +7

    This channel deserve more subscriptions and views . BTW great work.

  • @Sunny12-23
    @Sunny12-23 Před rokem +5

    Came across your channel by chance. Looking forward to more such informative episodes.

  • @shary1283
    @shary1283 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Always amazed and always know india had really really old civilization but nobody is looking for and preservation. South is full of historical treasure. Thanks for sharing it, ❤️❤️❤️

    • @srinivasreddyt9555
      @srinivasreddyt9555 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I will tell you one more thing . Telugus were once Buddhists , Buddhism existed from Telangana to Rayalaseema and to kalingandhra . We did trade with romans too . Lots of coins of that era

    • @shary1283
      @shary1283 Před 8 měsíci

      @@srinivasreddyt9555 it's beautiful and rich history thanks for sharing. 🙏

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci

      Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

    • @shary1283
      @shary1283 Před 8 měsíci

      @@StarPlanet56789 yes indeed

  • @ms6063
    @ms6063 Před rokem +23

    very detailed and much explained, new learning source cut above rest.

  • @sidharthawason955
    @sidharthawason955 Před rokem +6

    a humble request to all these channels, its not about south culture or north culture or foreign culture but a collective human civilization

    • @bengilkes7676
      @bengilkes7676 Před rokem

      Unfortunately it is about suppression of certain cultures and promotion of others. There is such thing as right and wrong you know? It would all be very nice if everyone meditated every day and treated others as they would like to be treated themselves, but they don't and some people have bad stuff going on, almost always caused by other people. Let people speak out and be angry at injustice!

    • @sidharthawason955
      @sidharthawason955 Před rokem

      @@bengilkes7676 hope this is a verified account, injustice!! is it? I mean Egypt changes it's religion, is this injustice? South India not able to lproduce a person (historian) that could represent and speak of their region's archeology, art and culture, failing tosay that Kamban wrote a Ramayan in his own version, is this injustice?

    • @rajmk3
      @rajmk3 Před rokem

      No, it's Tamil only in all over the world!

  • @fulcrum2988
    @fulcrum2988 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Amazing video. Loved the scientific and factual approach. Have just subscribed and am eager to watch the rest of your videos. Amazing work!

  • @suvetha2661
    @suvetha2661 Před rokem +3

    The best video that I ever saw in English with all the Tamil pronunciations are perfect. Clear explanations.congratulations for the team and thank you so much for making the video .👏👏👍👌👏☺️

  • @shanmugambala1883
    @shanmugambala1883 Před rokem +7

    Thanks very much for this very interesting and very well presented video. Looking forward to seeing more such informative posts.

  • @onchh3623
    @onchh3623 Před rokem +8

    Looking forward to more such videos 👌👌

  • @ninadgadre3934
    @ninadgadre3934 Před 2 měsíci

    It’s so difficult to find impartial history videos, thanks for making this one!

  • @anish3d
    @anish3d Před 11 měsíci +14

    You should include, the backstory also , How the current union government stopped funding, Transferred Mr. Amarnath Ramakrishna by ignoring his statements and How the State government put funds and restarted the excavation. Big Salute to Mr. Amarnath Ramakrishna for the Dedication.

    • @GokulOnFire
      @GokulOnFire Před 6 měsíci

      Lmao political bootlicker. You know nothing. Summa arasiyal pannadhinga da fools.

    • @sivagnanam5803
      @sivagnanam5803 Před 18 dny

      ​@GokulOnFire..
      உண்மை சுடும். முட்டாளே வாய் மூடி ஓடிடு.

  • @Spashth
    @Spashth Před rokem +6

    Outstanding video quality and production. Really good presentation by both the presenters.

  • @aakashsharma4079
    @aakashsharma4079 Před rokem +8

    Earliest homosapiens, when first migrated from Africa, came to south India, as sea levels were lower back then. I'm hoping it will be the oldest civilization in the world. I'm proud Indian here.

    • @thanu-go1ts
      @thanu-go1ts Před rokem

      This is not true. Out of Africa is disproved already. It's out of South India and they are proving it again and again.. there are settlements in Tamilnadu which are older than 3 lakh yrs. So no way out of Africa is true. It's political agenda to not exactly tell the truth to people. When u start updating with the recent excavations happening in Tamilnadu. U'll get to know.

    • @aryanhassan4659
      @aryanhassan4659 Před 11 měsíci

      And aryansss.... especially the brahminsss and otherr upperr casteee indian of northern India came from South of Uzbekistan.....

  • @gokulmohanarangan1673
    @gokulmohanarangan1673 Před rokem +2

    Finally, feels like a breath of fresh air seeing at least someone in the country is trying to show the truth as it is, based on facts. kudos !

  • @robertwoodroffe123
    @robertwoodroffe123 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Thank you, have been wanting to learn more of the ancient South Indian history! Hard to get any real info on this area and times ❤

  • @n.c9653
    @n.c9653 Před rokem +10

    South India civilizations are the true Indian civilization.

    • @napakistanmedia6772
      @napakistanmedia6772 Před rokem +2

      south India is not part of Indian history. the real India are north India..the name India was to call the Aryans as Indians

    • @n.c9653
      @n.c9653 Před rokem +1

      @Aditya talking about late Neolithic / bronze age and after.

    • @napakistanmedia6772
      @napakistanmedia6772 Před rokem +3

      @Aditya
      but migration from Africa to India, India is where people started mixing and going to other placed in Asia and Europe which made new people. while the people from Africa stayed in Africa and not mixed with other people nor made any new people.
      this is why Asians and Europeans have more similar features compared with Africans

    • @n.c9653
      @n.c9653 Před rokem +6

      @@napakistanmedia6772 India is where people started mixing around after coming out of Africa???? You serious, dude!? People globally will laugh at you. 😁🙄

    • @vijayvijay4123
      @vijayvijay4123 Před rokem +1

      @@napakistanmedia6772 Around four thousand years ago there was a long and harsh famine along the central Asian belt extending to Russia due to climate change. This caused the people of those places to migrate. They became warlike and aggressively cunning. Those people were Aryans.

  • @hair2050
    @hair2050 Před rokem +17

    Beautifully produced and presented material. Excellent work, greatly appreciated. ❤

  • @Magizhan-tt7rl
    @Magizhan-tt7rl Před měsícem +1

    You guys are the great! You are teaching the History which are not taught in schools.

  • @funlife1583
    @funlife1583 Před 11 měsíci +1

    You guys are very humble talkers. And obviously great work. Keep it up!

  • @HSBMaheenS
    @HSBMaheenS Před rokem +52

    Pattanam (muziris) should also be mentioned in the video, coz it is also one of the greatest port site during sangam period and the first emporium in the Indian Ocean from west.

    • @chithambararajanr219
      @chithambararajanr219 Před rokem +11

      Definitely, without cheranadu tamil history is in -complete

    • @pathakarai567
      @pathakarai567 Před rokem +10

      But itS under the Kerala government . Malayalam people don't accept they are come from tamil people

    • @sohamshinde7978
      @sohamshinde7978 Před rokem +9

      @@pathakarai567 or tamil and malayalis came from a group of people and not from tamil .

    • @chithambararajanr219
      @chithambararajanr219 Před rokem +8

      @@sohamshinde7978 but common identity to that ethnic group is sangam tamil. Which tells about their culture, belief, value, governance, socio- economic structure, food, religion... And many. Tamil ppl or malayalam ppl to know about their above mentioned things they want to search in sangam literature.

    • @sohamshinde7978
      @sohamshinde7978 Před rokem +1

      @@chithambararajanr219 yes but cant say this statement as all dravidian languages evolved from tamil
      It may be possible that they share a common ancestor language .
      And definitely sangam literature would describe all info about south india . Just because it may have been lingua franca if that time .

  • @cbsn10
    @cbsn10 Před rokem +6

    3.00. That the Adichanallur cemetery perhaps was specific for foreigners dying there due to infection. That’s why multiracial burials, not because Tamilians did not arrive at Tamilnadu at that century 1000 BC.

  • @1953nandakumar
    @1953nandakumar Před rokem +3

    Great video, very insightful.

  • @nair_sathya
    @nair_sathya Před 3 měsíci +1

    Awesome content. Loved the quality of presentation ❤

  • @rammohamatcheng
    @rammohamatcheng Před rokem +6

    First of all thanks to the producers of this video 🙏🏾. Excellent work and well edited.
    When the world turn their heads to south India and start digging than they will discover the real history of civilisation. Two things that makes it obvious, one that Tamil is the oldest language still spoken and south India has been continuously inhabited for a very very long time and that’s just the land we haven’t start looking in coastal sea beds yet…. more yet to come. My two cents 🙏🏾

    • @StarPlanet56789
      @StarPlanet56789 Před 8 měsíci

      Tamil's are the original inhabitants of India

  • @Arunganeshanmdu
    @Arunganeshanmdu Před rokem +4

    A priceless documentary.... Thank you

  • @bernardineali4107
    @bernardineali4107 Před 3 měsíci

    How wonderful !😊Loved this programme.

  • @serene_metanoia
    @serene_metanoia Před rokem

    Thank you for this video!! Hope this reaches more people.

  • @pushpanayakik2074
    @pushpanayakik2074 Před rokem +3

    Wonderful . Thank you very much for the Storytrily team . Keep it up .

  • @sealofapoorval7437
    @sealofapoorval7437 Před rokem +5

    Very nicely made video!

  • @krishansaxena2389
    @krishansaxena2389 Před rokem +1

    Grateful thanks for this piece. Looking forward to more.

  • @Madzguy007
    @Madzguy007 Před 11 měsíci +2

    As a non Indian, I think as India becomes richer, it will have more money to devote to explore and preserve its rich past... India is probably is the cradle of all civilizations

  • @niazahmed446
    @niazahmed446 Před rokem +9

    Beautiful presentation! Both the presenters are very articulate and charming young people! Proud of you ! ............By the way Keeladi is very near to our native place in Sivagangai district!

  • @thirdeyeinthemaking7327
    @thirdeyeinthemaking7327 Před rokem +4

    Fascinating to learn about South India ancient civilization. Thank you.