Ramesh Matsethung, Director of the Keezhadi excavation, on Thursday said that in previous excavations, pipes and channel were found in separate quadrants.
The artefact is about one ft in height and one ft in diameter, featuring two inbuilt handles—one of which was found broken, while the other remains intact.
Referring to the excavation reports that are yet to be released by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), he said the state government would continue to urge the union government to make them publi ...
Ramakrishna further said Tamil Nadu is the only region in the Indian subcontinent where evidence of human habitation dating back nearly 1.5 million years ago has been discovered.
Despite the Union government's counsel assuring the Madras High Court in 2023 that the report would be published by November 2024, it remains unpublished.
