In 2006, a stone axe was found in Sembiankandiyur, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu. This artefact with the Indus Valley script was dated to 1500 BCE. [en.wikipedia.org]
In 2013 an excavation was carried out in a site called Keeladi (often transliterated as Keezhadi in Romanized Tamil), Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu. The site was a sensation as they found the Indus script here too. They also found carnelian stone which is unique to the Indus Valley civilization in north west India and not Tamil Nadu. They also found a Tamil-Brahmi script here, which predates all previously known Brahmi scripts. The site, plus the Tamil-Brahmi script is dated to the 6th century BCE.
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The above is interesting as the Tamils have always stated that a sage named Agastya (pronounced Agathiyar in Tamil) crossed the Vindhya Mountains in northern India, to bring the Tamil language to South India. Agastya is said to be one of the authors of the Rig Veda. That said, Agastya himself is bound up in a lot of myth, so whether he was a real person or not, remains a mystery.
In 2013 an excavation was carried out in a site called Keeladi (often transliterated as Keezhadi in Romanized Tamil), Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu. The site was a sensation as they found the Indus script here too. They also found carnelian stone which is unique to the Indus Valley civilization in north west India and not Tamil Nadu. They also found a Tamil-Brahmi script here, which predates all previously known Brahmi scripts. The site, plus the Tamil-Brahmi script is dated to the 6th century BCE.
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The above is interesting as the Tamils have always stated that a sage named Agastya (pronounced Agathiyar in Tamil) crossed the Vindhya Mountains in northern India, to bring the Tamil language to South India. Agastya is said to be one of the authors of the Rig Veda. That said, Agastya himself is bound up in a lot of myth, so whether he was a real person or not, remains a mystery.