Viraraghava copper plates

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Viraraghava copper plate, dated 1225 CE,^[1]^[2]ofCochin, or Kottayam plate of Viraraghava Chakravartin, or Syrian Christian copper plate, or Iravi Kortann's Plate, describe the concession made by Viraraghava, the ruler of Makotaiyar Pattinam (modern Kodungallur), to Syrian Christian merchant Iravikorttan, the chief of Manikkiramam (Manigiramam) merchant guild in Makotaiyar Pattinam.^[3]

Context

The record is engraved on both sides of a single copper-plate in the Vattezhuthu script and a modified form of the Grantha script.^[3] It is currently is possession of the Syrian Christian community in Kottayam.^[3] An image of a conch is engraved about the middle of the left margin of the reverse side.^[3]

Manigiramam, along with Anjuvannam and Ainurruvar, was one of major merchant guilds in medieval south India.^[4]

Viraraghava is described as the descendant of certain Virakerala Chakravartin.
The grant was issued from the Great Palace at Makotaiyar Pattinam
Iravikorttan of Makotaiyar Pattinam is described as "the Great Merchant of the Chera/Kerala Land"
The Four Temples (the Nalu Tali) are mentioned
Witnesses mentioned
- Panniyur and Chokiram
- Venadu, Odanadu, Eranadu and Valluvanadu
The scribe is named - Nampi Chateyan

References

↑ Narayanan, M. G. S. (2013) [1972]. Perumals of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks. pp. 222, 279 and 299.
↑ Veluthat, Kesavan (2009). The Early Medieval in South India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. 152 and 154.
1 2 3 4 Venkayya, V. Hultzsch, E. (ed.). "Kottayam Plate of Vira-Raghava". Epigraphica Indica (1896-97). 4. Archaeological Survey of India: 290–97.
↑ Karashima, Noboru, ed. (2014). A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. Oxford University Press. pp. 16–18. ISBN 978-0-19-809977-2.

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[1] Narayanan, M. G. S. (2013) [1972]. Perumals of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks. pp. 222, 279 and 299.

[2] Veluthat, Kesavan (2009). The Early Medieval in South India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. 152 and 154.

[:0-3] 1 2 3 4 Venkayya, V. Hultzsch, E. (ed.). "Kottayam Plate of Vira-Raghava". Epigraphica Indica (1896-97). 4. Archaeological Survey of India: 290–97.

[:2-4] Karashima, Noboru, ed. (2014). A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. Oxford University Press. pp. 16–18. ISBN 978-0-19-809977-2.

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