The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.43

c22.43

A record belonging to the middle of the 10th century hailing from Tirukkalavur states that the village assembly had taken on trust for cultivation a piece of land, the proceeds of which were to be utilised, apparently, for some charity.³⁵ The members of the assembly had agreed to have the land cultivated (on the terms) *two to one*. The expression in the Italics obviously refers to the lease condition determining the shares of the owner and the tiller, but unfortunately there is nothing in the record to indicate whether it was the owner or the cultivator who was entitled to two shares. Nor do we know whether the produce was to be divided in the gross or after the government dues had been paid. In the Deccan at present sometimes the owner receives three shares and the tiller two, sometimes the owner two and the tiller one and sometimes the division is equal. It is, therefore, difficult to state whether the assembly in the above case received two shares or only one. The former alternative seems probable.