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Charter of king Rājakesharivarnam alias Kulōttunga Chola I - Or. 1688

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Title	Charter of king Rājakesharivarnam alias Kulōttunga Chola I Or. 1688
Content	The inscription engraved on the plates is dated in the 20th year of the reign of the Chola king Rājakesharivarnam alias Kulōttunga Chola I (r. 1070–1120), alloting the revenue of a village to meet the requirements of a monastery.
Creator/other	Rājakesharivarnam alias Kulōttunga Chola (r. 1070–1120 AD)
Shelfmark	Or. 1688
Subject (topical)	18.88 Dravidian languages
Note	The seal is very much alike the seal of the large charter issued by king Rājendra Chola I (Or. 1687) Tamil.
Reference	K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer, 'The smaller Leiden plates (of Kullotunga I)', Epigraphia Indica, vol. XXII (1933-34), pp. 267-281.
Language	Tamil
Country	India
Form	3 copper plates held together by a ring bearing a royal seal
Extent	scans
Ownership	Provenance: Donated in 1862 by the successors to the estate of professor Hendrik Arent Hamaker (1789-1835). This charter and another one (Or. 1687) were brought from India by Mr Florentius Camper (1675-1748), minister of faith in Batavia in 1703-1712. By inheritance both charters (Or. 1687 and Or. 1688) came into possession of his great-granddaughter Johanna Camper (1797-1835) who was married to H.A. Hamaker..
Published/created	[S.l.], [approximately 1090]
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3491436
Published (digital)	Leiden University Libraries,