Sivagalai, a relatively unknown village in Tamil Nadu, has a new claim to fame. It is potentially the oldest Iron Age site in the world. It was believed that the Iron Age began around 1200 BCE in Anatolia by the Hittites.
But the iron tools found in Sivagalai date back to 2427-3345 BCE. Which makes Sivagalai, a region where the Iron Age potentially began.
All of this started when Manickam, a school teacher and resident of Sivagalai, informed the government authorities about some of his findings.