“Researchers can use Kerala-related documents from the British Library”

South Asia Collection Director Arani Ilankuberan said Kerala researchers can take advantage of documents from scientific arrangements related to the state’s history.

She attended a seminar organized by the Department of Political Science and the Mahakavi Moyinkutty Vaidyar Mappila Kala Academy on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at the University of Calicut in Tenhipalam, Malappuram. Ms. Ilankuberan is part of the British Library team that visited the campus to showcase some valuable documents in Malayalam, Sanskrit and Arabic-Malayalam in the medieval history of Kerala.

Abbas Panakkal, a researcher who attended the seminar, said that there was a gold plate in the library, and Calicut and Zamorin of the Dutch East India Company signed a treaty in 1691 and another silver medal signed a treaty in 1710. Pasquale Manzo. Research by the British East India Company is crucial to the study of Indian culture and history. Marina Chellini, another library official, talked about documents from northern India.