The 1,100-year-old inscription was excavated from the temple floor at Tiruvannamalai

An estimated inscription from the time of Aditya Chola found in Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple, India made the country's archaeologists extremely shocked.

Specifically, this inscription was excavated from the floor of Sri Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai, India. According to archaeologists, this is the second archaeological evidence found in this sacred temple.

A member of the Tiruvannamalai Heritage Foundation, a documentary, conservation and environmental awareness and heritage forum of Tiruvannamalai district said they found a floor script in a third area of ​​the throne. temple.

The 1,100-year-old inscription was excavated from the temple floor at Tiruvannamalai Picture 1

These ancient inscriptions can appear from 885 AD. The Indian Archeology Department has recorded this ancient 19th-century inscription, Raj Panneerselvam, representative of Tiruvannamalai Heritage Fund told TOI.

' It was written in the 19th century, belonged to Aditya 1 Chola period (871 SCN to 911 AD), about 1,125 years old. Currently, the Archeological Department and the Temple Management Board work together to find ways to protect the inscription as well as these words '.

The inscription is found specifically on the floor near the Kalyana worship area, on the temple grounds. 'This script may reinforce a theory that this temple may have been renovated a few centuries ago after it was dismantled because the original work was deemed poor .' Raj Panneerselvam added.

Archaeologists confirm that these seven lines belong to the transitional period of the Chola-Pallava king , one of Pallava's descendants also mentioned in earlier engravings found near the area. And the Tiruvannamalai region may be from " Tiruvanna Naattu" that the ancient inscription mentions, it may be one of the important areas of the Mangalam Sathurvethi dynasty " .

In addition, archaeologists also found 20 gold coins during excavations. This gold will be deposited in the welfare fund to preserve and maintain the temple as well as the ancient inscription, the experts still have not identified the source or who buried the gold coins. At the same time, the back part of the ancient record is also lost. Experts share more.