A couple of Tamil inscriptions, including one belonging to the 9th century A.D., has been discovered by archaeologists of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at a sluice of the Periyakulam at Theneripatti village in Tiruverumbur taluk in Tiruchi. The inscriptions record details about the construction of the sluice in the irrigation tank and its renovation.
The inscription was found during a survey conducted by V. Muthukumar and V.P. Yathees Kumar, assistant archaeologists, S.J. Ranimole, assistant superintending archaeologist, with the help of G. Karunakaran and R. Bhuvaneshvaran, research scholars. The village-to-village survey was taken up in Srirangam, Tiruverumbur, and Lalgudi taluks under the directions of A. Anilkumar, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Tiruchi Circle.
The 13-line Tamil inscription was found on the left pillar of the stone sluice of the Periyakulam, an irrigation tank at Theneripatti hamlet at Pazhanganakudi village.
