 One of these inscriptions is stated to trace the origin of the name of the city Madurai.Some Jain beds around the village seem to have epigraph evidence of Sholavandan.In stone beds made by Jains, inscriptions have been found in the Tamil-Brahmi script;
where பாகன்ஊர் (Paganur) is thought to refer to the present village of Sholavandan


Pagunur has been stated to have been established in the 200 BCE; which can perhaps be taken as one of the earliest evidence of documented inhabitation.