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Dig : keeladi and the politics of Indias past

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: UK Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt Ltd 2025Description: x,307p HB 24.5x16cmISBN:
  • 9789357317504
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.69 ASHD
Summary: Since its discovery in 2014, the Keeladi excavation has become one of India's most contested digs – hailed by some as proof of an urban civilization in South India and dismissed by others as political mythmaking. Journalist Sowmiya Ashok traces the serendipitous discovery of this ancient settlement and the political storm it set off. Her journey takes her from the earliest Iron Age sites in Tamil Nadu to the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana and the lost port of Muziris in Kerala. Along the way, she chats with archaeologists while sweating under the scorching sun, clings to rickety platforms at a roaring jallikattu arena, and even tastes ancient pottery at an excavation site. Blending sharp insight with humour, The Dig reveals how political battles over science and history continue to shape our understanding of India's past.
List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals - February 2026
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Book Book St Aloysius Library Stack Section Political Science 363.69 ASHD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 078032
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Since its discovery in 2014, the Keeladi excavation has become one of India's most contested digs – hailed by some as proof of an urban civilization in South India and dismissed by others as political mythmaking.
Journalist Sowmiya Ashok traces the serendipitous discovery of this ancient settlement and the political storm it set off.
Her journey takes her from the earliest Iron Age sites in Tamil Nadu to the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana and the lost port of Muziris in Kerala. Along the way, she chats with archaeologists while sweating under the scorching sun, clings to rickety platforms at a roaring jallikattu arena, and even tastes ancient pottery at an excavation site.
Blending sharp insight with humour, The Dig reveals how political battles over science and history continue to shape our understanding of India's past.

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