❖ More than 1,300 artefacts have been unearthed during the excavations at Vembakottai in Virudhunagar district.

❖ A carnelian intaglio showing a humped bull was also found at this site.

❖ This is the second such carnelian intaglio found during archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu.

❖ Another one such material on a wild boar was found in Keezhadi near Madurai in the past. 

❖ Carnelian are generally found only in Maharashtra and Gujarat and intaglio technique is from Rome.

❖ The carnelian intaglio found in Keezhadi and Musiri belonged to the Sangam era