Why I argue that the West Asian group testimonial in Tharisappally
Copper plates is forged
The Elephant Seal of Ayyan Atikal ,the King of Venadu CE 849
According to the description by Alexander Hyacinthe Anquitel
Du Perron, the French traveller of 18th
century who published his Zend Avesta in Paris in 1771, all the plates were tied
together with a ring with square head of equal legth an d breadth and all were
of equal dimensions two palm in length and four finger breadth. The present
plates are of different size. They vary in length and breadth. ( Hyacinthe Anquitel
Du Perron , Zend Avesta Vol I Paris
1771, p 175-178)
The last plate is written in foreign languages and is
written in portrait style, while all others are written in
Indian languages, Vatteluthu and grenthaksharam and are in landscape style.
The plates does not show numbering , that
is not the case with other plates in Ancient Kerala. For
Example the Thiruvalla copper plates of Kollam Era ? 300 (?
C.E 1125) gives numerical number on one side and serial alphabet on other side
on each plate and on each sides.
When Perron saw the plates were tied together with a ring
with its head having equal length and breadth.
Perron has not seen the West Asian group testimonial. So it
was added after say CE 1771.
The West Asian group testimonial does not bear elephant seal
of King Ayyan Atikal of Venadu.
Perron gives the list of Venadu group testimonial which
gives the list of 17 indigenous witnesses and there is elephant seal of Ayyan
Atikal between the names
The plate , one before the last plate gives the name of
one and half names of witneseses .Velkula Sundaran as first witness. The second
name is incomplete on that plate and we read the incomplete name VIJAYA………In Perron
list first one is Velkula Chandiran (of course Chandiran is mistaken for Sundiran and the second name
is Vijaya NARAYANAN . So the plate maintains continuity
The linking copper ring with square head of equal length and
breadth was broken and destroyed to take away the original Venadu group testimonial and to add another group
testimonial from some other legal document of unknown origin of land .
Infact the West Asian group testimonial of Tharisapally
Copper plates is a forged one and it is not a part of the legal document given
by Ayyan Atikal in Ce 849.
It was the custom in ancient Kerala to write the name of the
writer of the document in the end. But this document does not give the name of
the writer at the end.
References
1. Alexander Hyaciinthe
Anquitel Du
Perron, Zend Avesta, Vol I. Paris 1771, p 175-178
3. Sankara Pillai K.A. Dr 17 Venadu witnesses in
Tharisapally Cheppedu, Paper presented in 3rd International Kerala
History Conference, 27 November 2015, CMS College ,Kottayam, India
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