Inscription
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Location
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Notes
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Quilon Syrian copper plates- near
Kollam (849/850 CE)
[22]
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Vazhappally copper plate Inscription - near
Vazhappally (882/883 CE)
[24]
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- The inscription was discovered by V. Srinivasa Sastri from Talamana Illam near
Changanassery.
[25]
- The plate is owned by Muvidathu Madham,
Thiruvalla.
[26]
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- King Rajasekhara is described as "Sri, Raja Rajadhiraja, Parameswara Bhattaraka, Rajashekhara Deva" and "the Perumal Atikal".
[26]
- The fines for those who obstruct the daily worship in the temple are also prescribed.
[26]
- Also mentions a coin called "dinara".
[26]
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Sukapuram inscription - near
Ponnani (9th/10th century CE)
[22]
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- Sukapuram Dakshinamoorthy Temple
[22]
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Chokkur inscription (Chokoor, Puthur village) - near
Koduvally (920 CE)
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- Single granite slab in courtyard of the Chokkur Temple.
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- A person known as Karkottupurathu Kadamba Kumara establishes "Kumara-Narayana-Pura Temple" by a land grant.
[9]
- Earliest record to refer the 'Agreement of Muzhikkulam'.
[9]
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Nedumpuram Thali inscription, Thichoor
Wadakkanchery (922 CE)
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- Thali inscriptions of
Cochin State - two granite slabs fixed into the half wall in the entrance corridor on the left side of Nedumpuram Thali.
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- Dated in Kali Year 4030 (=929/30 CE)
[27]
- Two halves of the record on two separate slabs (one with the regnal year and the other one with the date in Kali Era) were initially registered separately.
[9]
- Council is the chieftain of Vembanadu (
Alappuzha) called
Goda Ravi.
[9]
- Mentions the Nangaimar (dancing girls) of the Nedumpuram Thali.
[9]
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Avittathur inscription (925 CE)
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- Single granite slab paved in the courtyard of the Avittathur Temple near the sopana.
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- Mentions the Cheraman Maha Devi (the Chera queen) - only record mentioning a Chera queen from Kerala.
[9]
- Council is attended by the chieftain of
Valluvanad (the Rayira Ravar).
[9]
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Ramanthali/Ezhimala-Narayankannur inscription (Plate I - 929 CE and Plate II - 1075 CE)
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- Mentions Mushika Validhara Vikrama Rama.
[28]
- The so-called Agreement of Muzhikkulam is quoted in the record.
[29]
- Merchant guild
manigramam is appointed as the guardian of the Narayankannur Temple.
[28]
- Mentions the King Kunda Alupa, the ruler of
Alupa dynasty of
Mangalore.
[28]
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Triprangode inscription (932 CE)
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- Mentions the Agreement of
Thavanur.
[9]
- Council is attended by the Ala-koyil (a Chera prince).
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Poranghattiri inscription (
Chaliyar) (932 CE)
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- Single granite slab in the courtyard of the Poranghattiri Temple.
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- Cites the Agreement of Muzhikkulam.
[9]
- Council is attended by the Koyil and the Ala-koyil (members of the Chera royal family).
[9]
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Indianur inscription (
Kottakkal) (932 CE)
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- A slab with inscriptions two separate Chera-Perumals on either side.
[9]
- Council is attended by the Koyil (a Chera prince).
[9]
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Thrippunithura inscription (935 CE)
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- Originally from Santhana Gopalakrishna Temple, Thrippunithura - now in Archeological Museum,
Trichur.
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- Latest regnal year Kota Ravi mentioned in the inscriptions.
[9]
- Council is attended by Ravi Aditya, a minister and a Chera prince.
[9]
- Kota Ravi was initially identified as the brother-in-law of Jatavarman Kulasekhara Deva.
[9]
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Panthalayani Kollam inscription (973 CE)
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- Single stone slab in the upper frame of the srikoyil (central shrine) entrance in Tali temple.
[30]
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- Name of the king – probably Bhaskara Ravi Manukuladitya (962–1021 CE) – is built over by the present structure.
[30]
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Mampalli copper plate inscription (974 CE)
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Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque inscription (10th century CE)
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- On the granite blocks built into the steps of the ablution tank of the Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque
[33]
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- A rare surviving document recording patronage by a
Hindu king (Bhaskara Ravi) (961-1021 CE) to the
Mappila
Muslims of Kerala.
[33] It also mentions about a merchant guild.
[33]
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Eramam inscription (1020 CE)
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Pullur Kodavalam inscription (1020 CE)
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- Engraved on a single stone slab in the courtyard of the Pullur Kodavalam Vishnu Temple
[36]
[37]
- Mentions
Chera/Perumal king Bhaskara Ravi Manukuladitya (962–1021 CE).
[36]
[37]
- Identified king Manukuladitya with king Bhaskara Ravi.
[37]
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Tiruvadur inscription (c. 1020 CE)
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- Partly in the courtyard of the temple on either side of the sopana.
[38]
- Partly in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
[38]
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- Creation and endowment of a grama (Brahmin settlement) with members chosen from some old grama settlements from central Kerala (
Vaikom,
Paravur, Avittathoor,
Irinjalakuda and Peruvanam).
[38]
- The engraver is mentioned as Rama Jayamani, the "royal goldsmith of the Mushika king [Jayamani]".
[38]
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Trichambaram inscription
(c. 1040 CE)
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- Three blocks of granite on the base of the central shrine of the temple.
[39]
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- Mentions
Chera/Perumal king Raja Raja (c. 1036–1089 CE).
[39]
- Mentions Chera/Perumal king Bhaskara Ravi Manukuladitya (962–1021 CE) and Iramakuta Muvar Kantan Karivarman (Srikantha Kartha) (c.1020 CE).
[34]
- Mentions the merchants guilds of Valanchiyar and Nanadeyar.
[34]
- Mentions
Rajendra Chola Samaya Senapati from Katappa Palli.
[34]
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Maniyur inscription
(c. 11th century)
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- Single stone slab outside the prakara (outer wall) of the temple.
[40]
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- Confirms the extension of the so-called Agreement of Muzhikkulam to Mushika country.
[40]
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Kinalur inscription
(c. 1083 CE)
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- Both sides of a single granite slab in site of the ruined (now lost) Kinalur Jain Temple near
Kozhikode.
[41]
- The estampage can be found in Government Epigraphist's Office,
Mysore.
[41]
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- Mentions Arappan Kunchi, the chief of
Kurumbranad.
[41]
- Arappan Kunchi, the chief of
Kurumbranad, donated lands to Kunavaynallur (
Jain temple) and leased them out to Chathan Arukkadi of
Tiruvanchikkalam, and Kuntan Chirunankai and Chathan Chirukanthan.
[41]
- Manukulai-chekara-nallur (
Jain temple) is mentioned.
[41]
- Munnutruvar, the Three Hundred (probably the second Hundred of
Kurumbranad), and Muvayiravar (the Three Thousand) are mentioned.
[41]
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Panthalayani Kollam inscription
(c. 1089 CE)
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- Single granite slab in the courtyard of the Panthalayani Kollam Bhagavati temple.
[42]
- The record was destroyed.
[42]
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- Mentions
Chera/Perumal king Rama Kulasekhara (1089–1122 CE).
[42]
- The location given as "Kollathu Panthalayani".
[42]
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Tiruvalla Copper Plates
(Huzur Treasury Plates)
(10th-11th centuries CE)
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Kannapuram inscription
(beginning of the 12th century)
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- Single stone slab fixed on a platform outside the prakara (outer wall) of the Kannapuram temple.
[29]
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- Ramakuta Muvar Udaya Varma is mentioned.
[29]
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Muchundi Mosque inscription (
Kozhikode)
(beginning of the 13th century)
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- The highly damaged, worn and fragmentary donative inscription is engraved on a granite stone slab (slab is seen as fixed on the wall at Mosque Muchundi).
[1]
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- Written in a mixture of Old Malayalam (Vattezhuthu and Grantha scripts) and
Arabic language.
[1]
- The Old Malayalam portion of the inscription describes the assignment of revenues accruing from certain lands for the expenditure of Muchundi Mosque.
[1]
- Mentions two local place names, "
Kunnamangalam and "Pulikkizhu".
[1]
- The second half, which is the
Arabic portion, starts with the opening prayer from
Qur'an.
[1]
- The inscription says that certain Shahab al-din Raihan purchased the piece of land and constructed thereon the mosque, and made provision for its imam and mua'dhdhin.
[1]
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Viraraghava copper plates inscription
(1225 CE)
[44]
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