The inscriptions on the hero stones discovered near the hills close to Kondaharahalli village, in Dharmapuri talks about ____________.
A
Tiyan Antavan of Kondaharahalli village
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B
Tiyan Antavan of Pedu village
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C
Tiyan Antavan of Kudagu village
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D
Tiyan Antavan of Kudal village
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Solution
The correct option is B Tiyan Antavan of Pedu village 10 stones were discovered by archaeologists near the hills close to Kondaharahalli village in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu. Historians believe that the inscription talks about a man Tiyan Antavan of Pedu village, who died during a cattle raid that took place in another village called 'Kudal Ur’. Archaeologists believe that these memorials or hero stones were erected in the Tamil country sometime between 1000 BCE and 1600 CE.