This palm-leaf document contains correspondence sent by the tahsildars (revenue administrative officer) of Maduraii taluk, maTakkuLam taluk and surrounding taluks to naaTTaamai's of atalai and surrounding villages regarding the management of atalai's water tank and distribution of water. This information is available in the 1st palm-leaf in the images 1, 2, 11, 12, 19, 20, 27, 28, 33, 34, 43, 44, 51 and 52; 2nd palm-leaf in the images 5, 6, 13, 14, 21, 22, 35, 36, 45, 46, 53 and 54; 3rd palm-leaf in the images 7, 8, 15, 16, 23, 24, 29, 30, 39, 40, 47, 48, 55, 56, 57 and 58; 4th palm-leaf in the images 9, 10, 17, 18, 25, 26, 31, 32, 37, 38, 41, 42, 49 and 50.
Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Palmyra leaf (borassus flabellifer); varying sizes: height 3cm, width 44cm to height 3 cm, width 59cm; sideline perforation. 29 handwritten palm-leaf document (29 palm-leaves).
Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): 1820-1866.
