Is Adichanallur, Vaigai Valley Civilisation dates back to Sumerian
civilisation dating back to 4500-1900BC instead of 600BC?
In my introduction blog, I have already explained the purpose of finding the similarities between Tamil and Sumerian.
In my introduction blog, I have already explained the purpose of finding the similarities between Tamil and Sumerian.
This blog will show the similarity between Tamil and Sumerian in the bronze products obtained in the excavations of Adichanallur and Ur respectively.
Adichanallur excavations of 1899 enabled to find lot of artefacts that includes Teminal with animal figures. It is mentioned as item number 92 in the Catalogue of the Prehistoric Antiquities,publised in 1915.
Terminal with traces of twelve stems all around, each ending in a pear-shaped bud. Only nine of the stems remain complete. Over the central bar is a buffalo with long curved horns. Plate II Fig 23.
Equivalent in Sumerian Civilisation is the Ram in the Thicket. The ram's head and legs are layered in gold leaf which had been hammered against the wood. The tree with eight stems is covered in gold leaf with gold flowers as shown in the image below.
Though the two items are made in different metals, the basic structure is similar showing the similarity between the two civilisations.
Isn't it similar?
The comparison between these findings will surely take the civilisation on the River Vaigai back to the same time as Sumerian 4500-1900BC instead of 600BC.
References
Alexander Rea: Catalogue of the Prehistoric Antiquities,1915, Item 15,23, Plate II
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