The Colas c27.44

c27.44

An inscription of Vikramacōḷa's reign from Ūṭṭattūr, (Trichinopoly district) is interesting in many ways.⁹¹ It records that a person, in possession of a *kāṇi* (landed estate) which he had bought, was unable to meet the tax dues thereon; the *sabhā* of Śrīkaṇṭha-caturvēdimangalam, where his land was situated, took the matter up. Meanwhile, he was found guilty of a minor offence in the temple and sentenced to a fine of 20 *kāśus*. His lands were sold, and the taxes and fine realised from the proceeds. These incidents seem to be recalled several years later in an inscription from the same place,⁹² dated 1199, which states that the land had originally been held by a Brahmin who, having stolen the jewels of the goddess, was compelled to give it up along with his house in the nattam and his slaves (*nattamanaiyum aḍimaiyum*) as *dēvadāna*.