Around AD 849 a governor of Kollam had a set of copper plates engraved, granting land, revenue and protections to a church and its Christian community on the Malabar coast. Signed by Christian, Jewish and Muslim witnesses in several scripts, the plates are the oldest dated documents in India that name its ancient Christians — hard evidence, in metal, of a settled and respected church centuries before any European mission arrived.
Standard epigraphy of the Tharisapalli (Kollam) grant; the plates survive and are studied by historians.
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