Question

Consider the following: Which of the statement/statements is/are correct?

1. Mampalli copper plate of Shri Vallabhan Kota is the first record that used Kollam Era.
2. Parthivapuram copper plate refers to the grants of land to 'Salai'.
3. Jewish copper plate speaks of a grant to Joseph Rabban.

• A. 2, 3
• B. 1 only
• C. All of these
• D. 2 only

Answer 1

Answer:

C. All of these

Mamballi plate

• In 149 Kollam Era (974 CE) Sri Vallabhan Kothai was ruling at Kollam is proved by the
  evidence of the Mamballi plate dated Kollam Era 149.
• The Mampalli copper plate records a donation from the chiefly family of Venad, present-day Kerala, to the Chengannur Temple
• The inscription is the earliest epigraphical record to mention the Kollam Era.
• The record is engraved on both sides of a single copper plate in Vattezhuthu with Grantha characters in an early form of Malayalam language

Jewish copper plates

• It was also known as Cochin plates
• The document is dated by historians to c. 1000 CE
• It was issued by Bhaskara Ravi-varman,the Chera-Perumal king at Kodungallur
• It is a royal charter issued to Joseph Rabban, a Jewish merchant living in Kodungallur
• The charter grants the merchant several rights and privileges

Parthivapuram copper plate 

• There are five copper plates exacavated from Parthivapuram
• The first plate informs  the process of land procurement, fixing boundaries, erecting a temple, consecrating the idol of Vishnu and naming the village around as Parthivasekharapuram.  
• It also describes establishment of a Salai (boarding school)