Question

State the importance of the Pulimankombai Hero stones.

Answer 1

1. Pulimankombai is a village in the Vaigai river valley in the Theni district.
2. In 2006, rare hero stone inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi script were discovered in this village.
3. One of the inscriptions from Pulimankombai reads to this effect. “The stone of Tiyan Antavan who was killed in a cattle raid at the village of Kadalur.”