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Chola-era Anaimangalam Plates
May 18 , 2026
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- The Chola-era Anaimangalam copper plates were returned to India by Leiden University in the Netherlands.
- The 21 copper plates belong to the Chola period and contain inscriptions in Sanskrit and Tamil.
- The plates carry the royal seal of Rajendra Chola I and provide details about the Chola and Srivijaya empires.
- The inscriptions mention the donation of 26 villages for a Buddhist vihara at Nagapattinam.
- The plates had been kept at Leiden University in the Netherlands since 1862 and will now be handed over to the Archaeological Survey of India for preservation and display.
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