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Rock paintings estimated at 5,000 years old, showing animals, dancing and a hunt, were reported from cave shelters in Tamil Nadu on 3-4 November 2026.
Tamil Nadu's archaeology department unearthed 12th-century Nataraja and Sivakami bronzes with their pedestals at Nagapattinam on 30 October 2026.
A 34-line inscription from Harihara II's reign, dated to about 1387 CE, was found near Nandalike in Udupi district, reported on October 30, 2026.
A historian reported rock grooves and ochre paintings in Mrugavani National Park, Hyderabad, on October 21, 2026, and sought a survey; their age is unproven.
The ASI has resumed digging at Kashipur's Dronasagar mound, linked by tradition to Dronacharya; a Shunga-Kushan brick was reported on 25 October 2026.
The third phase of underwater exploration off Poompuhar, which ended on 23 September 2026, recovered a West Asian torpedo jar fragment that adds physical evidence to literary accounts of the early Chola port's overseas trade.
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