Uttaramerur Inscription
On 14th April, 2023, the Prime Minister, while discussing India’s democratic history, referred to the Uttaramerur inscription.
- While Uttaramerur has multiple inscriptions spanning centuries, the most famous one – being referred to by the PM – are from the reign of Parantaka Chola I (907-953 AD).
- Uttaramerur (also known as Uthiramerur) is a panchayat town in Kancheepuram situated 90 km south west of Chennai.
- The Pallava king Nandivarman II established it around 750 A.D.
- The Pallavas, the Cholas, the Pandyas, the Sambuvarayars, the Vijayanagara Rayas, and the Nayaks successively ruled it.
- At Uttaramerur, on the walls of the village assembly (mandapa) itself, we have the ....
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