13th-Century Inscription Discovered in Southern India

TAMIL NADU, INDIA—According to a report in The New Indian Express, an inscription dated to the thirteenth century has been uncovered near the southern tip of India by researchers from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. The text reveals that Kulasekarapandian, a king of the Pandya Dynasty who ruled between A.D. 1190 and 1216, built a temple on the banks of the Thamirabarani River. The researchers suggest that the structure may have been demolished by later Chola rulers, or damaged during floods, and its stones reused to build the dam where the inscription was discovered. To read about a structure in unearthed in Tamil Nadu that researchers think may be a Chola palace, go to “Tamil Royal Palace.”