Viraraghava copper plates

Viraraghava copper plates, dated 1225 CE,[1][2] of Cochin, or Kottayam plates of Viraraghava Chakravartin, or Syrian Christian copper plate, or Iravi Kortann's Plate, describe the concession made by the local king Viraraghava to a merchant Iravikorttan (which is Tadbhava of Ravi Govardhana, a Sanskrit non-Christian name, so it's unlikely that this merchant was a Christian), the chief of Manikkiramam (Manigiramam) in Makotaiyar Pattinam (modern Kodungallur).[3]

For 9th century CE copper plates issued by Ayyan Adikal to Mar Sapir Iso, see Quilon Syrian copper plates.

Insignia from Viraraghava copper plates

Manigiramam, along with Anjuvannam and Ainurruvar, was one of major merchant guilds in medieval south India.[4]

  • Viraraghava is described as the descendant of certain Virakerala
  • Iravikorttan is described as "the Great Merchant of the Chera/Kerala Land"
  • The Four Temples (the Nalu Tali) are mentioned
  • Witnesses mentioned
    • Panniyur and Chokiram
    • Venadu, Odanadu, Eranadu and Valluvanadu
  • The scribe is named - Nampi Chateyan
Viraraghava copper plates

References
  1. Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 222, 279, and 299.
  2. Veluthat, Kesavan. The Early Medieval in South India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2009. 152, and 154.
  3. Epigraphica Indica, Volume IV. [V. Venkayya, 1896-97] pp. 290-7.
  4. Noburu Karashmia (ed.), A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 16-18.


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