When jingoism reigns supreme, science takes a backseat. The recent announcement by Chief Minister M. K. Stalin that Iron Age began in Tamil Nadu is a case in point.

The Iron Age began on Tamil soil, chief minister MK Stalin said on Thursday, offering test reports from top institutions and testimony from experts as proof to bolster a narrative that centres on ...

The Iron Age began in what is modern-day Tamil Nadu, the state’s chief minister M.K. Stalin said on Thursday, citing findings that if validated and upheld could mean rewriting the history of human ...

Stalin said he was making the remarkable anthropological announcement, not only to India but to the whole world, that the “Iron Age began on Tamil soil”. The results were based on samples sent ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin announced on Thursday that the Iron Age in Tamil Nadu began over 5,300 years ago. In a statement, the Chief Minister, who ...

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 ...

Rajan and R. Sivanantham, Mr. Stalin said: “The Iron Age began on Tamil soil.” He went on to cite carbon dating results from renowned institutions. The finding meant that iron usage was ...

Till now, the advent of the Iron Age in India was considered to be the painted grey ware culture in the northern Gangetic plains in around 1,500 BCE. Stalin’s comment comes amid a polarising ...