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East India Company Land tax

This palm-leaf document contains land details and taxation for properties of timma pooyanh, tirumalai pooyanh, aanhantanh, raama pooyanh, cinhnha pooyanh, iruLappanh, raakkiyaa kavuNTanh coming from various towns and villages (piTaariyuur, naamakkal, cenhnhimalai, perunturai). It also contains receipts issued for payment made by cinhnha pooyanh, tirumalai pooyanh and iruLappanh towards tank renovation work. Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Palmyra leaf (borassus flabellifer); height 4cm, width 43cm; sideline perforation; Except few most of the palm-leaves are broken. 1 handwritten palm-leaf document (33 palm-leaves). Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): no date.
Content Type
Manuscript
Date published
19th century
Languages
Tamil
Originals Information
"Original copies of the material remain in Erode, Erode District".
Pages
20
Published in
India
Reference
EAP458/1/15/1
Rights
Access is for research purposes only
Scripts
Tamil