Ancient documents engraved on copper in possession [No. SO. 1 



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 L£><&7) QfFUU6U(TITtr& — ^'uuQmifL^^^ — Qw&t^^^js^f^j) 



The following is the translation as far as it can he made out 

 with short remarks in brackets. 



Hail !— In the time (literally, year) of Perumal (Co 

 king, or Go— )Stharru Kavi Gupta, who now rules gloriously 

 for many 100, 000 years, treading under foot hostile heads, 

 in his oth year, this year under the concurrence of His 

 Excellence the Ayyan-Adigal, governing the Venadu (the 

 Travancore King is still called Venad adigal " the adorable 

 feet of Venadu 3 ') of Anjuwannam (the Jewish principality, 

 of the following grant) and of * Punnattala's Lord (the next, 

 neighbour, vide d.,) the following grant of a freehold has! 

 been given by H. E. the Ayyan Adigal to the Tarisa Church 

 (and Community) established (or built) by Isodata Virai of 

 Curakkeni Collam. — (The name Tarisa is perhaps to be re-j 

 cognized in the Dariaygal of the Syrian tradition. I. pi. i. 

 Remark. 7.) ' 



(This sentence is the most difficult of the whole — first on 

 account of the marry antiquated terms of country customs, 

 secondly on account of the construction, Qu^rr perar being 

 the negative verb as p. iii. and p. vi, which gives no plausible 

 translation. I prefer to read Gu^fr perar and take it as' 

 the Nominative for the Genative :) and I also (one of the 

 above Lords or Maruwan Sapir Iso or the Church, vide ?z., 

 who formerly had the possession of the share-staff (wrr sr&Q&tr 

 feudal tenure?) of the four families of Ilawar ("Simhalese, also; 

 Tiyar, Dvvipar, Islanders" now Palmtree cultivators) and of 

 the eight families of Ilakeyar (Sihala low casts or slaves?) be_ 

 longing to them, and one family of washermen coming from the 



» Punnattala is said to be near Mavalicara 



