Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on September 9, 2021 announced in the State Assembly the establishment of Porunai Museum in Tirunelveli at a cost of Rs15 crore.
- This announcement came after a carbon dating analysis of rice with soil, found in a burial urn at Sivakalai in Thoothukudi district in southern Tamil Nadu, by the Miami-based Beta Analytic Testing Laboratory, has yielded the date of 1155 BCE, thereby indicating that the Thamirabarani civilisation dates back to 3,200 years.
- Mr. Stalin said archaeological excavations would be carried out in other States and countries in search of Tamil roots. In the first phase, studies would be undertaken at the ancient port of Musiri, now known as Pattanam, in Kerala.
- Mr. Stalin said the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department would conduct research at Quseir al-Qadim and Pernica Anekke in Egypt, which were once part of the Roman empire, as well as in Khor Rori in Oman, to establish the Tamils’ trade relations with these countries.
- Stalin said a silver coin that was found at the Keezhadi excavation with sun, moon engravings belong to 4th century BC, that is prior to the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka’s period as per the opinion of numismatics expert Susmita Basu Majumbar of Calcutta University.
(Source: The Hindu)
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