Thanks, Maddy for the valuable comments. Granthava...

2008-12-02T03:59:00.000-08:00

Thanks, Maddy for the valuable comments. Granthavaris are all written in Malayalam. I agree that these deal mostly with lives of the rulers and give out scanty information on the subaltern lives. But as you say, it will do a lot to correct the distortions brought about by Eurocentric versions. Unfortunately, many of our professional historians tend to repeat these versions as they seem to have limited knowledge of historiography.

Indeed, you did right in bringing this matter to l...

2008-12-01T14:43:00.000-08:00

Indeed, you did right in bringing this matter to light. The Granthavaris are valuable for recreation of a correct version of Malabar history - for the versions passed on by the Portuguese and the English are somewhat biased in one way or the other. However, when read with outouts from Granthavaris a certain amount of correction can be done.

Questions - Were the oldest of the granthavaris written in 'vattezhuthu' or sanskrit?

Is the volume 3 published now??

The only problem would be that these are court records, so obtaining information on the life and thoughts of that period would still be difficult!!

Comments on Calicut Heritage: Chronicling Calicut - Some Challenges François Pyr...

Thanks, Maddy for the valuable comments. Granthava...

Indeed, you did right in bringing this matter to l...