01515nam a22002177a 4500 20260114151832.0 260114b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789357317504 AL eng 363.69 ASHD Sowmiya Ashok 251286 Dig : keeladi and the politics of Indias past UK Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt Ltd 2025 x,307p HB 24.5x16cm Political Science 5463 ₹639.20 ₹ ₹799.00 20% 10-01-2026 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. Urban Planners of Ancient India 251287 Travels in Archaeology 251288 ddc BK 240752 240752 0 0 ddc 0 0 PS AL AL SK 2026-01-13 Biblios Book Point, Surathkal-575014 639.00 0 363.69 ASHD 078032 2026-01-14 15:20:26 799.00 2026-01-10 BK