Archaeological
Research Forum - Pudukkottai conducted field research . The team lead by Manganur
Manikandan , and Kalvettu Rajendran found new evidences of an ancient
civilization , and a Labyrinth mound in the site .
Members of the foundation Pudugai Selva, Kasthuri Rengan , along with local
volunteers Chandrasekar , Bharathiraaja , DrMathiyalagan , Mharaja , Press
Reporters Bagadsing , Kannan , Muthuppazampathi , Saba explored the region .
The site is filled with broken red and black pottery .
An ancient Labyrinth Mound , dates back to three thousand years , discovered in Ambalaththidal near keeramangalam , Pudukkottai district .
The site has a ancient
lime concrete mound with strange straight lines. After carefully examining the
structure Manganur Manikandan opined that Amabalathidal has lots of
evidences for human existence of ancient periods . The new discovery
helps us to understand the real age of the site . Usually Labyrinth Mounds are dated back to 3000 years . This is a
very important clue to realize the age of the site.
Labyrinth Mounds Around the
World
The Puzzles were made
of clay . In Lusanna , in Sardinan Island has very important Labyrinth Mounds which belonged to 200 BC . Similar Mounds which are
historically important found in Scandinavian Countries . Labyrinth Mounds around Tamil Nadu . Archaeological Researcher Sugavana
Murugan and team has discovered similar Labyrinth Mounds. In the
district of Dharmapuri, near the Cauvery basin , in Periyakottai similar Labyrinth Mounds are found . They are in rectangular shape . Kidimedu
area of Thiruppur also has Labyrinth Mounds , these were
discovered by Researcher Ravikumar and Thiruppur Veera Rajendren Historical
Foundation identified this . Apart from these sites Trichy , Tirunelveli also
has Labyrinth Mounds .
Labyrinth mounds of
Ambalaththidal .
Labyrinth Mounds retains their shape only if they are
in lonely places away from human movements . They will escape sabotage if they
are located in the places of worship . The discovery of the ancient place of
worship ,the mound in Amabalthidal is
the very first of its kind in the district . A calcium mound of 20 feet length
and breadth , has rectangular shaped maze carvings . The pottery marks found in
the site give us a clue that these ancient structures 3 thousand years
old opined Kalvettu Rajendran .
He also stated that it is a time critical mission , that State
Archaeological Department and Archaeological Survey of India should take care
of this site and conduct an immediate filed study . This site may rewrite the
Tamil Nadu Archaeological Explorations .