The Colas c26.36

c26.36

The Nagaram was another type of local assembly, not so much in evidence, however, as the *Ūr* and the *Sabhā*. The same term is sometimes employed to designate occupational groups like Śāliyanagarattōm.⁶⁴ But when the Nagaram of places like Śivapuri,⁶⁵ Tiruppaḷanam,⁶⁶ Parakēsaripuram,⁶⁷ and Takkōlam,⁶⁸ and the Mānagaram of Kāñcī⁶⁹ are in question, we are clearly dealing with territorial assemblies which, by their status and functions, had much in common with the *Sabhā* and the *Ūr*. In some places like Tillaisthānam,⁷⁰ the *Nagaram* and the *Ūr* seem to have carried on their duties side by side.