History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c15.23

c15.23

About the beginning of the ninth century stone inscriptions of the Pallavas become abundant and in these we find interesting particulars of the activity of the village Sabhās all over the empire particularly in the Chingleput District. A perusal of the stone records of this period relating to these dated in the years of the later Pallava kings, Nandivarman II, Dantivarman, Nandivarman III and Aparājita shows that the following figure among the large numbers of places that enjoyed self-governing village Sabhās: Āḍambākkam, Avaninārāyaṇachaturvēdimangalam (Kaveripakkam), Maṇali, Tiruvoṛṛiyūr, Kūram, Perumunaiyūr, Tiruviprambēḍu, Anbil Veṅkuṇṛam, Uttaramallūr, Perunguḷi, Tirukoilūr, and Ukkal. An account of the activities of these village assemblies in repairing tanks, accepting deposits for charitable purposes and other works has come down to us.