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Thiruvalla copper plates, also known as the Huzur Treasury Plates, are a collection of medieval temple committee resolutions found at the Sreevallabha Temple, Thiruvalla, Kerala.[1] The collection of plates, engraved in old Malayalam language in Vattezhuthu with some Grantha characters, can be dated to 10th and 11th centuries AD.[1]
The collection consist of forty three plates with writing on both sides, but more than half a dozen plates are missing.[1] 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.[1]
The plates were first published in Travancore Archaeological Series by T. A. Gopinatha Rao, under the title "The Huzur Treasury Plates".[1] They were originally kept in the Sreevallabha Temple, Thiruvalla (now with Archeological Department of Kerala).[1]
Major donors to Thiruvalla Temple
Kings and queens
- Chola king Parantaka Vira Chola (907―955 AD)[2]
- Kizhan Adikal (queen of Parantaka)[2]
- Chera/Perumal king Bhaskara Ravi Manukuladitya (962―1021 AD).[1][2]
- Nambirattiyar (queen of Chera/Perumal )[2]
Kerala chieftains
- Ramakuda Muvar, chieftain of Kolathu-nadu[2]
- Eran Chankaran, chieftain of Purakizha-nadu[2]
- Ravi Chirikandan, chieftain of Vembanadu[2]
- Kumaran Yakkan, chieftain of Vembanadu Thekkin-Kuru[2]
- Kantan Kumaran Maluvakkon, chieftain of Kizhmalai-nadu[2]
- Raman Kotavarman, chieftain of Munji-nadu[2]
- Raman Madevi, wife of the chieftain of Munji-nadu[2]
- Munjimarayar, chieftain of Munji-nadu[2]
- Venattadikal, chieftain of Venad[2]