The Colas c25.39

c25.39

In the inscriptions we come across the names of several other offices representing the central government in the districts. Of their functions we can as yet form no accurate idea. We can only note their names such as: *śandu-vigraham*,¹⁰⁹ *mahāmātra*—ancient name,¹¹⁰ *nāḍu* (*kōṭṭam*) *vagai*¹¹¹ and *nāṭṭuk-kaṇḍu kāṭci* (*śungamum karaiyum śeygira*). The creation of a *caturvēdimangalam*, a tax-free *brahmadēya* granted by the king to 108 Brahmins, in the twelfth year of Kulōttunga I, was first entered in the tax-register (*vari*) and then communicated to the *maṇḍalamudaliyār* of Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam where the land so given away was situated.¹¹² A *nāḍu-kūṟu*, Ādittaśūḷāmaṇi Brahma-mārāyar, is mentioned in an inscription of about A.D. 1114 from Eṇṇāyiram;¹¹³ possibly, his duties were connected with the revenue survey and settlement of the *nāḍu*.