01687nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200170009110000260010824500510013426000530018530000260023836500720026452008480033665000440118465000350122894200120126399900190127595201630129420260114151832.0260114b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789357317504  cAL  aeng  a363.69bASHD  aSowmiya Ashok9251286  aDigb: keeladi and the politics of Indias past  aUKbHachette Book Publishing India Pvt Ltdc2025  ax,307pbHBc24.5x16cm  2Political Sciencea5463b₹639.20c₹d₹799.00e20%f10-01-2026  aSince 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.  aUrban Planners of Ancient India9251287  aTravels in Archaeology9251288  2ddccBK  c240752d240752  00102ddc40708PSaALbALcSKd2026-01-13eBiblios Book Point, Surathkal-575014g639.00l0o363.69 ASHDp078032r2026-01-14 15:20:26v799.00w2026-01-10yBK