Land tax [1850-]

This palm-leaf document contains a land tax relaxation agreement between cuppiramaNiyanh ceeruvaikaaranh and cittiranh ceeruvaikaaranh, periyakuppaanh and periyaatappanh of atalai village and a correspondence sent by the Collector on behalf of the muttuvayyanh to the villagers of atalai village regarding the collection of land tax. This information is available in the 4th palm-leaf in the images 1 and 2; 1st palm-leaf in the images 3 and 4; 2nd palm-leaf in the images 5 and 6.

Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Palmyra leaf (borassus flabellifer); varying sizes: height 3cm, width 39cm to height 3 cm, width 47cm; sideline perforation. 2 handwritten palm-leaf document (3 palm-leaves).

Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): 1850; piramaati/vaikaaci/29.