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Viraraghava copper plates
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Viraraghava copper plates, dated 1225 CE,[1][2] of Cochin, or Kottayam plates of Viraraghava Chakravartin, or Syrian Christian copper plate, or Iravi Kortann's Plate, describe the concession made by the local king Viraraghava to a merchant Iravikorttan (Syrian Christian merchant[3]) the chief of Manikkiramam (Manigiramam) in Makotaiyar Pattinam (modern Kodungallur).[4]
Manigiramam, along with Anjuvannam and Ainurruvar, was one of major merchant guilds in medieval south India.[5]
- Viraraghava is described as the descendant of certain Virakerala.
- Iravikorttan is described as "the Great Merchant (Chetti) 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
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References
- ↑ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 222, 279, and 299.
- ↑ Veluthat, Kesavan. The Early Medieval in South India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2009. 152, and 154.
- ↑ Epigraphica Indica, Volume IV. [V. Venkayya, 1896-97] pp. 290-7.
- ↑ Epigraphica Indica, Volume IV. [V. Venkayya, 1896-97] pp. 290-7.
- ↑ Noburu Karashmia (ed.), A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 16-18.
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