ASI instructs Keezhadi excavations archaeologist to revise report.

• ASI has requested Ramakrishna to resubmit his report on Keezhadi’s ancient civilization excavation.
• Two experts suggested corrections to the report to make it more authentic.
• Ramakrishna’s report, based on accelerator mass spectrometry, was 982-page long.
• Carbon dating of charcoal found at Keezhadi site in February 2017 confirmed the settlement’s age to 200 BCE.
• The ASI has requested Ramakrishna to rewrite the report after more than two years since its submission.
• The ASI requires proper nomenclature or re-orientation for three periods, with the earliest period appearing to be very early.
• Former IAS officer R. Balakrishnan criticized the ASI’s decision, stating it was a result of historical pressure.