An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s1.41

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(xiii) Tamil Nadu. The first evidence of post-Stone Age settlement in Tamil Nadu is limited mostly to Megalithic graves [4.17.10], some of them perhaps early. The evidence of an earlier Neolithic settlement [4.6.10] is obtained at PAYAMPALLI. Excavated historical settlements [4.18.11] are still few in number: URAIYUR, ARIKAMEDU, KANCHIPURAM, KAVERIPATTINAM and KORKAI. The flourishing period of these settlements corresponds to the period of the Indo-Roman trade in the peninsula. Settlements are continuous after that, but no detailed listing in the light of modern discoveries has yet been done.