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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA No. 41.─ KOTTAYAM PLATE OF VIRA-RAGHAVA. BY V. VENKAYYA, M.A. The subjoined inscription is engraved on both sides of a single copper-plate which measures 1′ 2⅞″ in breadth by 4⅛″ in height and which is in the possession of the Syrian Christians at Kôṭṭayam, the head-quarters of the northernmost division in the Travancore State. The plate has no seal ; but, instead, a conch is engraved about the middle of the left margin of the second side. This inscription has been previously translated by Dr. Gundert.[2] Mr. Kookel Keloo Nair also attempted a version of the grant.[3] In republishing this record at the suggestion of the Editor, I do not wish to be understood as sitting in judgment over the version of such a distinguished scholar as the late lamented Dr. Gundert. But in the light of recent epigraphical researches a few alterations seem to be necessary in the translation, and the historical bearing of the document has also to be reconsidered. It is from these two points that I undertake to republish this inscription. In the translation I have mainly followed Dr. Gundert. ___________________________________________
[2] Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XIII. Part I. p. 118. Dr. Gundert’s translation is
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