[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c19.s1.41 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s1.41 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s1.41 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.41) (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. - [Previous: v1.c19.s1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.40) - [Next: v1.c19.s1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.42) - [Up: v1.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.41) · Pramāṇa