Thiruvalla copper plates, also known as the Huzur Treasury Plates, are a collection of medieval temple committee resolutions found at the Sreevallabha Temple,

Thiruvalla Thiruvalla, alternately spelled Tiruvalla, is a town in Kerala and the Headquarters of the Taluk of the same name located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala, India. The town is spread over an area of . It lies on the banks of ...

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.Narayanan, M. G. S. ''Perumāḷs of Kerala.'' Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 473. The collection of plates, engraved in old Malayalam language in Vattezhuthu with some Grantha characters, can be dated to 10th and 11th centuries AD. The collection consist of forty three plates with writing on both sides, but more than half a dozen plates are missing. The contents of the copper plates belong to different periods. The plates were collected, rearranged and edited at a late date. The plates are considered as a treasure trove of information about medieval temple rituals, deities, festivals, castes, professions, personal names, plot names, and prices. The plates were first published in ''Travancore Archaeological Series'' by

T. A. Gopinatha Rao T. A. Gopinatha Rao (1872-1919) was an Indian archaeologist and epigraphist with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) who contributed regularly to the journal '' Epigraphia Indica''. He was appointed first Superintendent of the Travancore Archa ...

, under the title "The Huzur Treasury Plates". They were originally kept in the Sreevallabha Temple,

(now with Archeological Department of Kerala).

Major donors to Thiruvalla Temple

Kings and queens

* Chola king Parantaka Vira Chola (907―955 AD)Narayanan, M. G. S. ''Perumāḷs of Kerala.'' Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 265-68. * Kizhan Adikal (queen of Parantaka) * Chera/Perumal king Bhaskara Ravi Manukuladitya (962―1021 AD). * Nambirattiyar (queen of Chera/Perumal )

Kerala chieftains

* Ramakuda Muvar, chieftain of Kolathu-nadu * Eran Chankaran, chieftain of Purakizha-nadu * Ravi Chirikandan, chieftain of Vembanadu * Kumaran Yakkan, chieftain of Vembanadu Thekkin-Kuru * Kantan Kumaran Maluvakkon, chieftain of Kizhmalai-nadu * Raman Kotavarman, chieftain of Munji-nadu * Raman Madevi, wife of the chieftain of Munji-nadu * Munjimarayar, chieftain of Munji-nadu *Venattadikal, chieftain of Venad

References

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External links

* Accretion of Temple's Centrality: Searching the Tiruvalla Copperplates by A Mathe

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