Two faculty members of Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur, have come across a stone inscription, which was partially buried on the banks of a waterbody in Thammalerimuthur near Jolarpet. The inscriptions in Tamil suggest that it could date back to 1,100 years.
A. Prabu and S. Sivachandrakumar, assistant professors in the Department of Tamil of Sacred Heart College, were informed by a colleague of a stone inscription at Thammalerimuthur. “We visited the spot two days ago. The stone was about six foot tall, and it was partially buried on the banks of a waterbody. The statue of ‘Kottravai,’ a deity, was found sculpted in the front, while the rear had the inscription in Tamil,” Mr. Prabu said.
On studying the inscription, the faculty members said it spoke about donation of land and gold. It also mentions the word “Kazhanju,” which was a unit of measurement for gold, he added.
He said that the stone had dotted inscriptions. “Based on the design of letters and writing method, we think the stone could belong to the 10th century AD,” he said.
“We were able to look at the inscription on the stone that was above the land. A small part of the inscription was damaged and we were not able to decipher it. The Archaeological Survey of India should take steps to study the stone inscription,” he said.
