Pālakiruṣṇaṉ Collection

This collection (1888-1920) contains 20 palm-leaf documents addressing land management, financial transactions and receipts. It contains 12 handwritten palm-leaf bundles related to land management such as pledging, purchase and sharing among the people in Urappanur village of Thirumangalam Taluk in Madurai District. The transaction amount in these documents ranges between Rs. 5.50 and Rs. 67. It also contains 8 handwritten palm-leaf documents concerning details of cash transactions and receipts issued towards payments by the village headman and others. The transaction amount in these documents ranges between Rs. 0.50 and Rs.10.

Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: The collection consists of 20 handwritten palm-leaf documents.

Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): 1888-1920.