The earliest epigraphic records of the Tamil country in Tamil Nadu were found in Mangulam village near Madurai. The cave inscriptions, deciphered in 1966, have been dated to 2nd century BC and record the gift of a monastery by Pandyan king Nedunj Cheliyan to a Jain monk. These inscriptions are also the oldest Jain inscriptions in South India and among the oldest in all of India. The stone inscriptions discovered at Mangulam (a.k.a Meenakshipuram) mentions the name of Nedunj Cheliyan III and his contemporary and subordinate, Kadalan Vazhuthi.
Mangulam is small town. But it has an underground drainage system even a century before.It is an important town planning issue even many corporations failed to address now.
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Mangulam is small town. But it has an underground drainage system even a century before.It is an important town planning issue even many corporations failed to address now.
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