06-12-2009, 07:56 AM
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The earliest Iron Age urban centres in the whole of South India came into existence about the southern tip of the Indian peninsula from about 900 BC, suggesting a link with East-West trade. These centres were Anuradhapura ,which later emerged as the capital of Ceylon ,and Madhurai in South India ,which emerged as the capital of Pandya. The Iron Age people, perhaps the Nagas of the chronicles of Ancient Ceylon who were spread out in several small kingdoms, are also associated with types of Iron Age urn burials discovered in South India and Ceylon1.
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The mahavamsa says that sri lanka was occupied by Yakshas ( Veddahs )
and Nagas before Vijaya
Per Ambedkar, Nagas represented, peoples not under traditional Aryan culture
In light of above paragraph, we can see a common iron age in south India circa 900 BC on both sides of the Palk straits
The earliest Iron Age urban centres in the whole of South India came into existence about the southern tip of the Indian peninsula from about 900 BC, suggesting a link with East-West trade. These centres were Anuradhapura ,which later emerged as the capital of Ceylon ,and Madhurai in South India ,which emerged as the capital of Pandya. The Iron Age people, perhaps the Nagas of the chronicles of Ancient Ceylon who were spread out in several small kingdoms, are also associated with types of Iron Age urn burials discovered in South India and Ceylon1.
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The mahavamsa says that sri lanka was occupied by Yakshas ( Veddahs )
and Nagas before Vijaya
Per Ambedkar, Nagas represented, peoples not under traditional Aryan culture
In light of above paragraph, we can see a common iron age in south India circa 900 BC on both sides of the Palk straits