DECENTRALIZED GOVERNANCE IN THE CHOLA EMPIRE: A STUDY ON LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON SOUTH INDIAN SOCIETY
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devadana, chaturve dimangalam, agrahara, sabhaiyar and sabhaAbstract
The expression brahmadeya literally means “Land endowments to Brahmins”. Mostly this kind of endowments consisted of land, originally as rights to a share in the crops of the donated land and, as the institution developed, in administrative rights over
the land endowment. The Brahmadeya grant was regularly recorded and inscribed on an open rock, or on the walls of the temples, on the pillars and on the copper plates. Along with the land gift, other privileges namely, on water resources, exemptions of taxes and other duties were also given in addition to the beneficiaries.
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T.V. Mahalingam, South Indian Polity, University of Madras, Madras, 1967, p. 343. 2. International Political Science (I.P.S.),No. 621 and South Indian Inscription (S.I.I.), Vol. XIV, Nos. 67, 68 (even under the shade of trees and theatre halls in the center of villages, meetings were held).
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