Which one among the following about Kodumanal is correct?
- A.An archaeological site in Tamil Nadu
- B.A Chera king
- C.An Alvar saint
- D.A celebrated dance form of South India
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, An archaeological site in Tamil Nadu. Kodumanal is an excavated Sangam-age settlement in Erode district, on the northern bank of the Noyyal river, a tributary of the Kaveri.
Excavations since the 1980s have shown that Kodumanal was an industrial and trading centre from about the fifth century BCE. Its workshops made iron and steel, beads of carnelian, beryl, quartz and agate, and shell objects, and potsherds carry many inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi script. Megalithic burials with stone circles surround the habitation. It lay on an ancient trade route linking the west coast with the east, and the Sangam text Patittruppattu mentions a place called Kodumanam, famous for gems, which scholars identify with it.
B is wrong: Kodumanal is a place, not a person; the Chera kings of the Sangam age include rulers such as Senguttuvan.
C is wrong: the Alvars were Vaishnava poet-saints such as Andal and Nammalvar; none was called Kodumanal.
D is wrong: South India's classical dance forms are Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam; Kodumanal is not one.
Exam tip: Tamil Nadu's Sangam-age excavated sites include Kodumanal (Erode), Keeladi (Sivaganga), Adichanallur and Arikamedu.
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