Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology is setting up an exhibition at Vembakottai archaeological excavation site in Virudhunagar district to display the artefacts unearthed there.
The exhibition hall, measuring 20 feet by 40 feet has been constructed and interior works for exhibiting 3,254 artefacts found during the first phase of excavation held in 2022, is under way, said Vembakottai Excavation Site Director Pon. Baskar.
Among them were ivory bangles, glass beads, terracotta seal, earlobes, carnelian beads, shell bangles, hopscotches, and several iron and copper objects.