The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.384

c8.384

*V. R. i, N. Arcot, 304 ; 25 of 1893).* The inscription, which is on a temple, seems to disclose an act of high-handed injustice¹ on the part of the village authorities. They state that they are prepared to sell certain lands surrounding the village which have hitherto been held as communal property, and they add this remarkable declaration, viz., ‘No persons shall be allowed to produce deeds of gift or deeds of sale in order to shew that the land thus sold belongs to themselves. We, the assembly, shall levy a fine . . . of gold . . . from the inhabitants who produce such deeds.’ (*S. I. I. iii, p. 11.*)