WATCH | R.K. Radhakrishnan in conversation with Minister Thangam Thennarasu
Minister Thennarasu says the younger generations of Tamil Nadu are keen to know about their history.
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Interview by R.K. Radhakrishnan; Camera: Mridula V and Samson Ronald K.; Editing by Samson Ronald K.;
Produced by Saatvika Radhakrishna
On September 20, 1924, archaeologist John Marshall announced the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation through excavations at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. Many years later, scholars Iravatham Mahadevan and Asko Parpola studied the antiquity of the Tamil language and its link with the Indus Valley Civilisation. On September 20, 2024, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said the State government planned to hold an international conference and install a life-size statue of Marshall.
He and Minister for Archaeology Thangam Thennarasu recalled how the Indus Valley Civilisation was “pre-Aryan” and the Indus language or languages “must have been pre-Aryan too”. This civilisation spanned 2,000 sites across 1.5 million square kilometres in the territories of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan during the Bronze Age (3000-1500 BCE).
Earlier this month, CM Stalin announced a $1 million prize for experts or organisations that succeed in deciphering the scripts of the Indus Valley Civilisation for everyone to understand.
