Previously believed to have emerged between 1500 and 2000 BCE, the Iron Age in India has been pushed back by new data from Tamil Nadu. Radiometric dating of a paddy sample from a burial urn in Sivagalai places iron usage as far back as 3345 BCE, marking the earliest recorded evidence of iron technology globally.

Jan 25, 2025 · Globally, the Iron Age has long been attributed to the Hittite Empire in Anatolia, where iron technology is believed to have emerged around 1300 BCE. However, the Tamil Nadu findings challenge this. Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Professor Emeritus of South Asian Archaeology at Cambridge University, emphasised the global implications of the discovery.

Jan 24, 2025 · A groundbreaking study has revealed that the Iron Age may have begun in present-day Tamil Nadu as early as 3,345 BCE, challenging previous historical assumptions by pushing back the timeline of iron usage in the region by over a millennium.

Jan 24, 2025 · Iron Age in Tamil Nadu may have begun around 3,345 BCE, a thousand years earlier than previously believed, new carbon dating from burial urns in Sivagalai reveals. This challenges the notion that the Hittite Empire used iron first, redefining the timeline of iron usage in global archaeology.

Jan 27, 2025 · Importance of the study. Timeline of the Iron Age in India revised It was previously thought to have appeared between 1500 and 2000 BCE, the Iron Age in India has been pushed back by new data from Tamil Nadu.; Radiometric dating of a paddy sample from a funerary urn at Sivagalai places the use of iron as late as 3345 BCE, which is the oldest recorded evidence of …

Jan 23, 2025 · In a significant finding that alters the understanding of the antiquity of iron in the Indian subcontinent, a report released by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday said introduction...

Jan 23, 2025 · CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday, based on the results of scientific dating of archaeological samples, declared that iron was used in the present Tamil-speaking region even in the mid...

Jan 24, 2025 · However, recent findings in Tamil Nadu push India’s Iron Age back to 3,345 BCE, predating the globally recognized Hittite Empire’s use of iron (1380 BCE). Sivagalai (Tamil Nadu): Earliest evidence, dated to 3,345 BCE. Mayiladumparai (Tamil Nadu): Evidence from 2,172 BCE. Brahmagiri (Karnataka): Iron Age evidence from 2,140 BCE.

Jan 25, 2025 · Recent studies have pushed back the timeline of the Iron Age in India, revealing that iron use in Tamil Nadu dates as early as 3345 BCE, making it the earliest known use of iron globally.

May 10, 2022 · Radiocarbon dating of excavations from Mayiladumparai in Krishnagiri district confirmed that iron was in used in Tamil Nadu as early as 2172 BCE — or 4,200 years ago — making it the...