"The Iron Age is a technological shift, not a single-origin event - it develops in multiple places independently," says Ms Roy, noting earlier discoveries in eastern, western and northern India.

Archaeologists in northern England have unearthed a remarkable Iron Age hoard, potentially rewriting British history. The ...

"The Iron Age is a technological shift, not a single-origin event - it develops in multiple places independently," says Ms Roy, noting earlier discoveries in eastern, western and northern India.

CHENNAI – A groundbreaking archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu is challenging existing global timelines for the Iron Age. Researchers have uncovered evidence suggesting that iron-making in ...

TIRUPATTUR: A unique archaeological discovery came to light in Tirupattur district, with members of the Tirupattur District Heritage Conservation Centre uncover ...

The Iron Age, when the discovery of iron smelting technology helped revolutionise agriculture, war and construction, is considered to have begun around 1,400 BCE - 1,500 BCE in India | Latest News ...

India or Turkey, where did Iron Age begin? Scientists make SHOCKING discovery, say Iron didn’t come from Earth, it arrived from… The Tamil Nadu discovery challenges the origins of Iron Age ...

But the situation in India is different: when the region north of the Vindhyas belonged to the pre-iron Chalcolithic or Copper Age, the south, with over 3,000 sites, was associated with iron.

Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday claimed that the “iron age” began in southern India 5,300 years ago, contesting accumulated archaeological evidence indicating that iron smelting ...

"The Iron Age is a technological shift, not a single-origin event - it develops in multiple places independently," says Ms Roy, noting earlier discoveries in eastern, western and northern India.