The Colas c25.46

c25.46

Sometimes disputes especially over civil rights were allowed to drag on without a settlement until time offered a solution. The *sabhā* of Śrīkaṇṭha-caturvēdimaṅgalam and the *ūr* of Tiruverumbiyūr had a boundary dispute of rather long standing; and the solution was found ultimately by a local chieftain buying up the rights of both the parties in the disputed area paying prices that satisfied them both, and then handing over the land to the local temple as an endowment for the maintenance of persons singing sacred hymns to the accompaniment of specified musical instruments.¹²³