Discovery of 13th century inscription at Senchi Fort
- Senchi in Villupuram district has a historic Senchikot. Here, a team consisting of Lenin, the founder of the Institute of Archaeology, retired headmaster Munusamy, and historian Senguttuvan conducted a field survey at Senchikottai Krishnagiri hill fort.
- In it, at the gate of the Rajagopalaswamy temple there, AD. They discovered an inscription dating back to the 13th century. Ananda Gone was the first to build Senchi Fort. It is now known as Rajagiri.
- 2nd Krishnagiri Fort was built by Krishna Gone. Later their successors Konerik Gone, Govindakone and Puliyakone expanded the fort. Their period was AD. Starting from 1200 AD. They ruled for 130 years till 1330.
- This information has been confirmed in books written by Karnataka Rajas and Narayanan and Annamalai University History Professor Sinivachari and retired Indian Archeology Department officer Seshatri.
- However, there was no inscriptional evidence for this. Evidence for this has been found in an inscription found in the Krishnagiri fort in Senchi. The meaning of the inscription in the inscription is that Govindan Sada, the son of Konerikon, is worshiping the Lord.
- Koneri Kone built Red Fort in AD. 1270 to AD. He ruled till 1290. This inscription was carved during his time. Through this inscription, the relevant inscriptional evidence has been found for the first time for the information given by historians about the builders of Red Fort.
- Recently, we conducted the above field survey in Vazhapattu Tenpenna area of Cuddalore district. Then, mutilated old men's talismans, flint doll, round chips, kendi noses, broken Agal lamp, copper coin of Rajarajan period, copper coin of British period were found.
- Secretary, Ministry of Textiles chaired the 8th Empowered Project Committee meeting under the National Technical Textiles Initiative at Udyog Bhavan in New Delhi today.
- Under the 'Grant for Research and Entrepreneurship (GRATE) among interested innovators in the field of technical textiles' scheme, the committee has approved 4 innovative companies with a grant of Rs 50 lakh each.
- The committee also approved grant of about Rs 20 crore to 5 educational institutes to introduce courses in technical textiles under the 'General Guidelines for Participation of Educational Institutions in Technical Textiles'.
- The approved innovation projects focus on the key strategic platforms of composites, sustainable textiles and smart textiles.
- Recognized institutes intend to introduce new B.Tech courses in various fields including geotextiles, geosynthetics, composites, engineering textile applications including construction structures.
