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How are copper plates an important source of information on medieval Kerala?

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Instructions: Explain the following points:
  1. Copper plates as documents
  2. Copper plates as land grants issued by chieftains
  3. Talk about Jewish copper plate and the information we get from it.
Solution:
  • The copper plates were used as documents in medieval Kerala.​
  • Chieftains recorded land grants to temples in the form of inscriptions on copper plates. Traders documented their transactions on copper plates.​
  • In the Jewish copper plate, the rights sanctioned to traders by the Perumal ruler Bhaskararavi are inscribed. ​
This way, copper plates serve as an important source of information on medieval Kerala.

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