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2020

The Uttaramerur inscription has been in the news thanks to an admiring mention by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi in a recent speech.
 
Back in the 10th Century CE, during the reign of Chola king Parantaka I, the citizens of the viillage of Uttaramerur in Tamilnadu decided to lay down very clear instructions for selection of members of the governing body of their village.  Candidates needed to be in a certain age group; be well versed in the vedas and shastras; own a specified parcel of land. Defaulters and their relatives were automatically disqualified, as were those who had served on the committee in the previous three years. Having drawn up such elaborate guidelines, they had the rules inscribed in a stone slab for all posterity to see.

The Uttaramerur Inscription: All you need to know - youtu.be/N7wrLIkLXfY
In this video, Dr G Sankaranarayanan of National Sanskrit University, Tirupati, explains the inscriptions line by line. He and Rangarathnam Gopu, award winning heritage researcher, then discuss the significance of the inscription with Badri Seshadri, co-founder of Tamil Heritage Trust.
 
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