The Colas c26.48

c26.48

An inscription from Tirukoḷḷikkāḍu, undated but clearly of the early Cōḷa period, reveals an instance of unauthorised occupation of some temple lands by the *Sabhā* of Mārāyamaṅgalam for a period of 35 years between the third year of Uttama Cōḷa and the twenty-ninth of Rājēndra I. A petition to the king led to an enquiry by a royal officer, and then the *Sabhā* was required as penalty to pay 400 *kāśus* instead of 200 received by them previously; the *Sabhā* returned the land as the equivalent of 100 *kāśus* (*vilai-dravyam*), and for the balance they agreed to pay all the dues on the land to the state for all time, thus treating 300 *kāśus* as *iṟaikāval*.