Netherlands Returns Historical Objects to India
Why this is here: The Chola Plates include sixteen copper plates with inscriptions in Tamil and five plates with text in Sanskrit.
The University of Leiden in the Netherlands formally transfers two ancient artifacts to India tomorrow. These are the Chola Plates—copper rings containing inscribed plates—which the university has held since 1862. India requested the return of these historical objects nearly three years ago.
The plates detail agreements regarding revenue collection for a Buddhist sanctuary and monasteries in Nagapattinam, India. The rings bear seals from rulers who governed between the 11th and 12th centuries. Five plates feature inscriptions in Sanskrit, and sixteen contain text in Tamil.
The Commission on Colonial Collections investigated the plates' origins. They found no evidence that the original owners consented to the objects being taken to the Netherlands.
The university acknowledges the plates’ historical importance to India and their need to return to their place of origin. The exact date of the transfer to an archeology organization in New Delhi remains unknown.
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