Discovery of 'Aciriyam' Inscriptions at Pudukkottai ...!

A team led by Karu Rajendran, President of the Archaeological Survey of India, and A. Manikandan, Founder of the Archaeological Survey of India have found the inscriptions at the Malayadipatti, Melappanaiyur and Thevarmalai in the Thirumayam area of ​​the Pudukkottai district.

Commenting on this, A. Manikandan said: In the Pudukkottai district, at the beginning of the 13th century, in the context of the disappearance of the stable integrated system of rule, most landowners have been acting as petty monarchs. They appointed security guards for their administratively distressed people, their possessions, and the merchants and merchants who traded from abroad.

Such 'Asiriyam' inscriptions announcing the protection work have been newly identified at Thirumayam Vattam Thevarmalai, Melappanaiyur and Malayadipatti

It is possible to know that these inscriptions are the inscriptions that inform the administrator of the village or temple.

In addition, our study lists 67 stone carvings found in Tamil Nadu so far with the words teacher in 53, hospital in 8, hospital in 3, shelter in 3 and shelter in shelter.

Therefore, since the Tamil word for teacher is also found in Sangam songs, it is not applicable to all the inscriptions to consider it only as a sams kritha rhetoric.