Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c7.36

c7.36

1. *Gabaḍagam*, or royal villages; these usually contained lands which were cultivated Royal entirely for the benefit of the crown, supplying all the requirements of the palace; and manors other lands which the tenants cultivated entirely for themselves; or the crown land was cultivated on the *ande* (half share) system. Crown villages much resembled early English royal manors; they included original crown lands, and lands which had fallen in to the crown by failure of the tenant to perform his service or by the death of a grantee.