History of India: ancient and medieval / Early medieval south India and the Deccan
Chola administration, village assemblies and land
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Mandalam, valanadu, nadu, kurram; royal officers and the army; temple as the hub
- Ur, sabha (brahmadeya) and nagaram; Uttaramerur inscriptions on kudavolai lot election and committees (variyam)
- Land categories: vellanvagai, brahmadeya, shalabhoga, devadana, pallichchandam; eripatti for village tanks; taniyur as a self-governing village
- Land survey, kadamai revenue, tanks and channels, Kaveri irrigation
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 3
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, pp. 188-212 (printed 184-208)
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, 11.1.2 Chola Administration; King, pp. 191-192 (printed 187-188)
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, Urar; Sabhaiyaar; Nagarattaar; 11.1.3 Economy (Uttaramerur), pp. 192-193 (printed 188-189)
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, 11.1.2 Chola Administration; Urar; Sabhaiyaar (brahmadeya, devadana), pp. 191-193 (printed 187-189)
- Lesson 11 Later Cholas and Pandyas, 11.1.3 Economy; Agriculture; Land Revenue and Survey, pp. 193-194 (printed 189-190)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, A Closer Look: The Cholas (Administration of the empire), pp. 10-11 (printed 25-26)
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, A Closer Look: The Cholas (Inscriptions and texts: Uttaramerur), pp. 11-12 (printed 26-27)
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, A Closer Look: The Cholas (Types of land), p. 11 (printed 26)
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, A Closer Look: The Cholas (Agriculture and irrigation), pp. 8-9 (printed 23-24)