The Colas c29.12

c29.12

An inscription from Niḍūr (Tanjore district) dated a.d. 1232,¹⁷ records that after the village became free from the tyrannical rule of Kōpperuñjinga, the cultivators went up to the village *sabhā* with complaints regarding their economic condition, and that the *sabhā* fixed a new settlement regarding the dues in cash and kind to be paid by the actual cultivators to landlords, *perunguḍigaḷ*, who were forbidden to use force in making these collections. The rate of *kuḍimai* was fixed at 22 *kāśus* for each *mundirigai* (1|320 of a *vēli*) for a single crop, while *veṭṭik-kāśu* and *viniyōgam* amounted to five *kāśus* and one *kāśu* respectively; one labourer was to be supplied free for each *kāṇi* held and all extra labour availed of was to be paid for at the usual rates. Any extra dues imposed on the lands were to be paid by the *perunguḍigaḷ*.