Ancient South Indian archeological sites

[Cobra Arbok]

Pattanam, Kerala- Ancient City in Kerala dating back to 1000 BC that likely thrived until about 400 AD. Some significant finds have been lockets, pendants, carved stones, and coins with engravings of an elephant and a bow and arrow, all dating between the 1st century BC and 4th centrury AD. Ancient Pottery with early Brahmi inscriptions have also been found. Coins from the Roman and Chola Empires have been found dating to the later part of the city's history. It was likely a location for trade with the Roman Empire.

Ancient pottery dating to 100BC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattanam#cite_note-6
Tiruchirappalli- One of the oldest Cities in Tamil Nadu with records of population dating to 2000 BC. One of the earliest Iron age sites in the subcontinent. with the iron age for this site dating back to 1500 bc. This was also the location of the fourth-oldest man-made dam in human history, built by king Karikalan Chola of the Early Cholas in the 2nd century AD. It is still in use today.

Keeladi- Dating to the 3rd century BC, this is the largest Sangam-era archeological site in South India. This ancient city is particularly important for its elaborate city planning. Some artifacts found include iron arrowheads, gold beads, copper bangles, and ivory chess pieces dating as far back as 2230 years ago. Chola and Roman coins have also been found.

Examples of Keeladi city planning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeladi

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[war&peace]

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[Hamza913]

Ignore the title, the video is about the Golconda fort.

 

[Asimzranger]

 

[Mamluk]

Good, be proud of your own history.

 

[Ishq Dewana]

Just a pile of bricks. I’m sorry but this is not an archeological site. The people of Ancient Bharat were not that advanced.

 

[Cobra Arbok]

Just a pile of bricks. I’m sorry but this is not an archeological site. The people of Ancient Bharat were not that advanced.

Did you read anything I just posted? Or did you read any of those links? You are obviously ignorant of history, because most archeological sites are just "piles of bricks."

 

[Corona]

Just a pile of bricks.

Isn't that pretty much any archaeological structure?

 

[Indus Pakistan]

@Indus Pakistan @Talwar e Pakistan

Let's all celebrate. They have found something of their own. Now as long as they don't try to leach of IVC or hypenate Harappa with it polish off the shine we all should be pleased for them. I hope they chew their own heritage now. I am hoping they will let go of clinging to us.

*phew*

 

[Ishq Dewana]

Let's all celebrate. They have found something of their own. Now as long as they don't try to leach of IVC or hypenate Harappa with it polish off the shine we all should be pleased for them. I hope they chew their own heritage now. I am hoping they will let go of clinging to us.

*phew*

Add Gandhara to your DP

 

[Corona]

Let's all celebrate. They have found something of their own. Now as long as they don't try to leach of IVC or hypenate Harappa with it polish off the shine we all should be pleased for them. I hope they chew their own heritage now. I am hoping they will let go of clinging to us.

*phew*

Not so fast. These are the pots we used to transport Indus to South India.

 

[Cobra Arbok]

Let's all celebrate. They have found something of their own. Now as long as they don't try to leach of IVC or hypenate Harappa with it polish off the shine we all should be pleased for them. I hope they chew their own heritage now. I am hoping they will let go of clinging to us.

*phew*

Hello kaptaan/IP I have been waiting to talk to you. I guess I should be honored someone as important as you replied to a thread a new guy like me made. In case you dont know i think you are right. what happens in pak is pak's history and what happens in india is indias history. Mohenjo Daro and Harappa- ancient pakistan. Lothal, dholavira rakhigarhi, etc- ancient india. I just dont agree with your comments about "gangadeshis" or that our ivc sites are not valid. I will be gone for a couple hours but I look forward to talking with you later. I will be posting more threads like this in the near future.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Hello kaptaan/IP I have been waiting to talk to you. I guess I should be honored someone as important as you replied to a thread a new guy like me made. In case you dont know i think you are right. what happens in pak is pak's history and what happens in india is indias history. Mohenjo Daro and Harappa- ancient pakistan. Lothal, dholavira rakhigarhi, etc- ancient india. I just dont agree with your comments about "gangadeshis" or that our ivc sites are not valid. I will be gone for a couple hours but I look forward to talking with you later. I will be posting more threads like this in the near future.

Cool. Look I am sorry for being crude but this is PDF. I can't really be bothered with the incessant rubbish so I just dismiss it with some provoctive terms. I mean strictly speaking Ganga-desh merely translates into Ganga dweller which is quite descriptive in that over 60% of Indians live in the mighty Ganga basin. And Ganga is a holy river to Indians and central to your culture and religion. But non of that deflects from the fact that I am always open to civilized discourse with people from the wrong side of the Radcliffe Line. And I have had many civilized discussion with your countrymen - some I would be happy to call friends. So when I fire my blunderbuss although it has wide arc it is not mean't for likes of you.

important

I would not call myself important. Indeed that makes me blush.

Add Gandhara to your DP

I wanted to but the more additions meant the font size got so small as to make it impossible to read. So I had to redact some - Gandhara, Sirkap. But I figure as Taxila was central to Gandhara I could afford to miss it. I could include it but I would have to take one out. Which one do you think?

being crude

Just to clarify in real life I observe incredible manners and very, very rarely use any foul language. I like to dress, to talk, to eat and live a refined life. But online you get this chance to 'release' and let go of social conventions that bind you.

 

[Ishq Dewana]

I wanted to but the more additions meant the font size got so small as to make it impossible to read. So I had to redact some - Gandhara, Sirkap. But I figure as Taxila was central to Gandhara I could afford to miss it. I could include it but I would have to take one out. Which one do you think?

One candidate could be Krokola.

It’s not well known. Although Karachi doesn’t have any ancient Neolithic-type archeological sites yet. Though, it was a major port for the Greeks and Babylonians. Krokora is the name for Karachi, or the port which embodies the city. The word has some sort of etymology to “crocodiles”, as Karachi’s identity was wild crocodiles. Some archeologists day that Karachi’s coast has sites as old as “Mohenjo-daro” that haven’t been discovered yet. If not, then Karachi is a city that never died through history like the others.

On second thought, Gandhara seems out of proportion, as it wasn’t that old. Those sites you already have fit the “Indus Valley” history much better.

 

[Hamza913]

I wanted to but the more additions meant the font size got so small as to make it impossible to read. So I had to redact some - Gandhara, Sirkap. But I figure as Taxila was central to Gandhara I could afford to miss it. I could include it but I would have to take one out. Which one do you think?

In my opinion, the inclusion of Bakhshali zero is a bit out of place since it's the only thing that's a tangible item rather than a city/region.

I'd recommend putting Lahore in it's place, that city doesn't get enough love on this forum even though it's a major part of Pakistan's history.