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EAP458/3/2/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002753946
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002753941
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022912054.0x000035
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP458/3/2/1
- Title:
- Water management [1820-1866]
- Scope & Content:
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This palm-leaf document contains correspondence sent by the tahsildars (revenue administrative officer) of Maduraii taluk, maTakkuLam taluk and surrounding taluks to naaTTaamai's of atalai and surrounding villages regarding the management of atalai's water tank and distribution of water. This information is available in the 1st palm-leaf in the images 1, 2, 11, 12, 19, 20, 27, 28, 33, 34, 43, 44, 51 and 52; 2nd palm-leaf in the images 5, 6, 13, 14, 21, 22, 35, 36, 45, 46, 53 and 54; 3rd palm-leaf in the images 7, 8, 15, 16, 23, 24, 29, 30, 39, 40, 47, 48, 55, 56, 57 and 58; 4th palm-leaf in the images 9, 10, 17, 18, 25, 26, 31, 32, 37, 38, 41, 42, 49 and 50.
Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Palmyra leaf (borassus flabellifer); varying sizes: height 3cm, width 44cm to height 3 cm, width 59cm; sideline perforation. 29 handwritten palm-leaf document (29 palm-leaves)
Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): 1820-1866
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Tamil agrarian history during the colonial period
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002753941
036-002753945
040-002753946 - Is part of:
- EAP458/3 : Atalai Naṭarāja Collection collection [1814-1876]
EAP458/3/2 : East India Company records 2
EAP458/3/2/1 : Water management [1820-1866] - Hierarchy:
- 032-002753941[0002]/036-002753945[0001]/040-002753946
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP458/3
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 58 digital images in TIFF format
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP458-3-2-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Tamil
- Scripts:
- Tamil
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- 1820-1866
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Information About Originals:
- Original copies of the material remain in Adalai, Madurai Taluk, Madurai District
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)