Mangulam

[6] In 1965, Iravatham Mahadevan recorded the inscriptions in the caves[2] and dated it to the late 3rd century BCE.

[11] Archeologists found sherds, sling stones[1] and an ancient burial site[12] during the excavation in the region.

In 2007, Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department excavated the ruins of the Jain prayer halls of Sangam period.

[13] The inscriptions mentions that workers of Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ I, a Pandyan king of Sangam period, (c. 270 BCE) made stone beds for Jain monks.

For example, an inscription shows that Kaṭalaṉ Vaḻuti, a worker (பணஅன்- accountant; he was also related family) of Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ, made a stone bed for the Jain monk Nanta-siri Kuvaṉ.