Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s1.50

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Social transactions related to agriculture also give us an idea of the corporate life of the people in pre-Vijayanagara times. In about A. D. 1030 during the reign of Rājēndra Chōḷa Dēva, the members of the assembly of Kūḍalūr alias Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, granted certain specified lands for the offerings of the god Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śōḷa-Viṇṇagar Āḷvār. "They gave a śāsanam to the effect that they would themselves have the lands ploughed, carry to the temple, and measure out with the marakkal named Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śōḷa a certain quantity (specified) of paddy every year." The members of the assembly also authorized the pūjāris of the god (?) to receive (?) śuṭṭukadam and a share of the produce of the lands.²