Archaeological sites provide evidence of past history - Discuss.

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Archaeology is the study of the past by interpretation of the material cultural remains.
Such remains are unearthered by the Systematic excavation of old inhabitation sites called archaeological sites.
Archaeological sites have mounds which are an accumulation of soil, pottery, building and organic remains and objects.
In many parts of Tamil Nadu they are called Nattam, Kottai and Medu.
Such sites provide evidence of how people lived in the past.

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Sources for the Study of Early Tamil Society

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अध्याय 1.03: Early Tamil Society and Culture - Exercises [पृष्ठ ५०]

अध्याय 1.03 Early Tamil Society and Culture
Exercises | Q V. 1 | पृष्ठ ५०

The name of the script used in the Sangam Age

Coins as a medium of exchange were introduced for the first time in the Sangam Age.
Prakrit was the language used by the common people in Northern India during the Mauryan period.
Vienna Papyrus, a Roman document, mentions trade related to Muziri.
The concept of Thinai is presented in the Tamil grammar work of Pathupaattu.

Match the following.

1. Epigraphy	a narrative text presenting the important historical events
2. Chronicle	a Sangam Age port
3. Pastoralism	an ornament made in precious stone.
4. Cameo	the study of inscriptions
5. Arikkamedun	nomadic people earning livelihood by rearing cattle.

A paper produced out of the papyrus plant used extensively for writing purposes in ancient ______.

What is Ptolemy’s Geography?

Match the Following:

Name the Classical Sangam corpus.

What are inscriptions?

What were hero stones?

Explain the term Prakrit.