Vigilance agreement [1814]

This palm-leaf document is an agreement between maayaaNTi ceeruvaikaaranh and his five brothers of uTainta kuLam potumpu village and ippuraamusaa caayapu of tiruvaalaivaayanhalluur village regarding the sale of vigilance (kaaval) rights. This information is available in the 1st palm-leaf in the images 1 and 2. Includes two images of the bundle of records for this series.

Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Palmyra leaf (borassus flabellifer); varying sizes: height 3cm, width 60cm to height 3 cm, width 63cm; sideline perforation. 1 handwritten palm-leaf documents (1 palm-leaf).

Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): 1814.