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EAP314/1
- Record Id:
- 032-002501075
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002501075
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023431303.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP314/1
- Title:
- Thavamani Thevar's Collection of Tamil Customary Law Documents [1645-1971]
- Scope & Content:
-
This collection consists of handwritten documents belonging to Thavamani Thevar. These documents written to his father (Pinna Thevar, 1896-1971) and grand father (Ananji Thevar, 1838-1918) in their capacity as traditional headmen of the Pramalai kallar sub caste. These documents consist of petitions, descriptions of conflicts having occurred in villages under the traditional legal jurisdiction. The conflicts ranged from unpaid loans, inheritance, breaking the customary marriage rules, theft, adultery, rape, murder. This collection also contains copperplates from the mid 17th century issued by the Nayakkar ruler Tirumalai Nayakkar to the forefather Pinna Thevar, the first holder of the title of headman to the Pramalai Kallar subcaste. All of the documents are kept in
230 handwritten and printed paper documents, 11 school notebooks, 3 copper plates.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Rescuing Tamil customary law: locating and copying endangered records of village judicial assemblies (1870-1940)
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002501075", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP314/1: Thavamani Thevar's Collection of Tamil Customary Law Documents [1645-1971]" },{ "id" : "040-002501076", "parent" : "032-002501075", "text" : "EAP314/1/1: Panchayat documents [1837-1940]" },{ "id" : "036-002501077", "parent" : "032-002501075", "text" : "EAP314/1/2: Petition Notebooks [1915-1938]" },{ "id" : "040-002501078", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/1: Petition Notebook 1 [1915-1916]" },{ "id" : "040-002501079", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/2: Petition Notebook 2 [1924-1925]" },{ "id" : "040-002501080", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/3: Petition Notebook 3 [1924-1930]" },{ "id" : "040-002501081", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/4: Petition Notebook 4 [1925-1950]" },{ "id" : "040-002501082", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/5: Petition Notebook 5 [1926-1927]" },{ "id" : "040-002501083", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/6: Petition Notebook 6 [1929-1930]" },{ "id" : "040-002501084", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/7: Petition Notebook 7 [1929-1930]" },{ "id" : "040-002501085", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/8: Petition Notebook 8 [1934-1936]" },{ "id" : "040-002501086", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/9: Petition Notebook 9 [1936-1937]" },{ "id" : "040-002501087", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/10: Petition Notebook 10 [1937-1938]" },{ "id" : "040-002501088", "parent" : "036-002501077", "text" : "EAP314/1/2/11: Petition Notebook 11 [1949-1950]" },{ "id" : "036-002501089", "parent" : "032-002501075", "text" : "EAP314/1/3: Copper plates issued by King Thirumalai Nayakar [Mid 17th century]" },{ "id" : "040-002501090", "parent" : "036-002501089", "text" : "EAP314/1/3/1: Copper plate 1 [1657]" },{ "id" : "040-002501091", "parent" : "036-002501089", "text" : "EAP314/1/3/2: Copper plate 2 [1655]" },{ "id" : "040-002501092", "parent" : "036-002501089", "text" : "EAP314/1/3/3: Copper plate 3 [1645]" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002501075
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP314/1/1 : Panchayat documents [1837-1940]
EAP314/1/2 : Petition Notebooks [1915-1938]
EAP314/1/3 : Copper plates issued by King Thirumalai Nayakar [Mid 17th century]
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP314/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002501075
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP314/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1111 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP314-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
Tamil - Scripts:
- Latin
Tamil - Start Date:
- 1645
- End Date:
- 1971
- Date Range:
- 1645-1971
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP314 Rescuing Tamil customary law: locating and copying endangered records of village judicial assemblies (1870-1940) project, with the permission of Mookupari Thavamani Kalyani Thevar
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from Dr Zoe Headley, January 2011 (Accession Record EAP314/1)
- Arrangement:
- The documents were not given any order by the document holder except for a separation according to format (loose papers, notebooks, copperplates) which has been followed.
- Administrative Context:
- EAP314 was funded by Endangered Archives Programme. This collection created digital copies of records held by Mookupari Thavamani Kalyani Thevar
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies have been deposit with the Tamil Nadu State Archives and Institut Français de Pondichéry Library
- Information About Originals:
- Original material is held by Tharumathupatty, Thirumangalm Taluk, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)