Copper Plates of Kerala
Between the eighth and tenth centuries, rulers on the Malabar Coast awarded various rights and privileges to Nazranies (Saint Thomas Christians) on copper plates, known as Cheppeds, or Royal Grants or Sasanam.
- Iravikorthan Sassanam, awarded by Shri Veera Raghava Perumal (in c. AD 774)
- Tarissapally Chepped I, awarded by Sthanu Ravi Guptha Perumal (AD 849)
- Tarissapally Chepped II, awarded by Bhaskara Ravi Varma Perumal (after AD 849)
Tarissapally Copper plates, awarded by Emperor Sthanu Ravi Guptha Perumal, ruler of Venad, during his fifth regal year (AD 849), is the first important inscription of Kerala, the date of which has been determined with accuracy.
The Tarissapally Chepped is engraved on copper plates in vatteluttu and signed by 25 witnesses. Names of fifteen of them are in Kufic, ten in Pahlavi, and four in Hebrew.
Another Jewish Copper Plate, are Sasanam outlining the grant of rights of the Anjuvannam and 72 other properietary rights to local Jewish Chief Ousepp Irabban by Kulasekhara (Later Chera dynasty) king Bhaskara Ravi Varman.
Read more about this topic: Indian Copper Plate Inscriptions
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