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EAP458/4/4
- Record Id:
- 036-002754013
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002753987
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022912054.0x000078
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP458/4/4
- Title:
- Palm-leaf Manuscripts [1830-1865]
- Scope & Content:
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This series consists of palmleaf bundles covering topics such as vigilance rights and sale, judgements issued to various issues such as separation of properties, surrendering of criminals, murder and theft case, etc., land documents such as land lease, land sale deeds, land donation and land details; servitude sales and agreements, leasing of zamin villages, agreement for separation and expansion of villages, borrowing of loan, work agreements, agreements for irrigation and maintenance of tanks, accounts, tax collection, receipts etc. in and around the veLLiyangkunhRam village between immuTi kanhaka raamaiya kavuNTar, zamin of veLLiyangkunhRam and the people and village heads/ampalakkaarars of neighbouring villages such as meelaiuppilikuNTu village, kallanhai village, veLLiyangkunhRam village and other surrounding villages; and also contains the caste (kampaLar) agreement for holding panchayats, marriage, first rights etc.
Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: 334 handwritten palm-leaf documents (372 palm-leaves) meaning the others are blank palmleaves
Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): 1830 - 1865;
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Tamil agrarian history during the colonial period
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002753987
036-002754013 - Is part of:
- EAP458/4 : Veḷḷiyaṅkuṇram Pulikēci Collection [1802-1958]
EAP458/4/4 : Palm-leaf Manuscripts [1830-1865] - Contains:
- EAP458/4/4/1 : Accounts
EAP458/4/4/2 : Almshouse agreement
EAP458/4/4/3 : Ceremonies (naming and marriage) [1830]
EAP458/4/4/4 : Civil Bond
EAP458/4/4/5 : First rights
EAP458/4/4/6 : House donation
EAP458/4/4/7 : Water management
EAP458/4/4/8 : Judgments
EAP458/4/4/9 : kampaLaar (village heads) agreement
EAP458/4/4/10 : Land details
EAP458/4/4/11 : Land donation
EAP458/4/4/12 : Land lease
EAP458/4/4/13 : Land loan
EAP458/4/4/14 : Land sale
EAP458/4/4/15 : Loan
EAP458/4/4/16 : Marriage agreement
EAP458/4/4/17 : Property agreement
EAP458/4/4/18 : Receipts
EAP458/4/4/19 : Renewal agreement
EAP458/4/4/20 : Servitude agreement
EAP458/4/4/21 : Servitude agreement
EAP458/4/4/22 : Tax collection [1858-]
EAP458/4/4/23 : Vigilance rights
EAP458/4/4/24 : Vigilance sale
EAP458/4/4/25 : Village donation
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Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP458/4/4 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002753987[0004]/036-002754013
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP458/4
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- Series consists of 809 digital images in TIFF format
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP458-4-4
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1865
- Date Range:
- 1830-1865
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- The materials were not given any order by the document holder. Similarly as per EAP regulations the (EAP458) team did not proceed to any classification.
- Information About Originals:
- Original copies of the material are held in Velliangundram Zamin, Velliangundarm, Madurai Taluk, Madurai District
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)