With reference to the megalithic burial culture in South India and the recent Pallavaram excavation, consider the following statements:
1. The unearthed 2,300-year-old terracotta sarcophagus features a unique twelve-legged design.
2. The Pallavaram site is historically significant only for Megalithic discoveries and has yielded no evidence of Paleolithic habitation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Accepted Answer

A) 1 only — Statement 1 is correct as the ASI unearthed a twelve-legged sarcophagus dating to the 3rd century BCE. Statement 2 is incorrect because Pallavaram is highly significant for Paleolithic discoveries; British archaeologist Robert Bruce Foote discovered the first Paleolithic stone tool in India at Pallavaram in 1863.

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