''Thambiran Vanakkam'' (also known as ''Doctrina Christam en Lingua Malauar Tamul'' in Portuguese; ) is a

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Henrique Henriques Henrique Henriques (also known as Anrique Anriquez) (1520–1600) was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary who spent most of his life in missionary activities in South India. After his initial years in Goa he moved to Tamil Nadu where he ...

and published on 20 October 1578 at

Quilon Kollam (;), is an ancient seaport and the fourth largest city in the Indian state of Kerala. Located on the southern tip of the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea, the city is on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake and is 71 kilometers (44 mi) nort ...

Venad Venad was a medieval kingdom between the Western Ghat mountains of India with its capital at city of Quilon.Noburu Karashmia (ed.), A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 143 ...

. It is the first printed work in an Indian language and script.

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{{Reflist Printing in India Tamil-language literature History of Kollam

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Thambiran Vanakkam

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