Over 100 gold coins from the Vijayanagara era were unearthed:
Over 100 gold coins from the Vijayanagara era were unearthed inside an earthen pot during restoration works at a Later Chola-period Shiva temple in Kovilur, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu.A total of 103 punch-marked gold coins of varying sizes and shapes were discovered during excavation near the sanctum sanctorum of the Kovilur Shiva temple atop the Jawadhu Hills.Officials from the Tamil Nadu State Archaeology Department (TNSAD) and Revenue Department secured the site and transferred the coins to the district treasury under the provisions of the Indian Treasure Trove Act, 1878.
The coins carry the boar emblem, a symbol of Vijayanagara royal authority, and are believed to be devotional offerings minted during the reigns of rulers such as Harihara II or Krishnadevaraya (14th–16th centuries CE).
