Keeladi is not just an excavation site of ancient Tamil civilisation. It is supposed to have a treasure of nanoparticles that were weaved smoothly to persist for generations.

     Every phase of the Keeladi excavation reveals new findings that tend to rewrite the history of Tamil Nadu and thus India and thus the world.

   Located about 12 km southeast of the temple city of Madurai along the banks of the Vaigai river in Tamil Nadu, Keeladi is a Sangam period (history of ancient Tamil Nadu, Kerala and parts of Sri Lanka) settlement. A large-scale excavation is being conducted in the Keeladi site by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA).

     From the first day of Phase 1 of the excavation in this small village, numerous antiquities, such as pottery, brick walls, roof tiles, various types of ornaments, frosts, potsherds with Tamil-Brahmi script,....

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