The Colas c29.26

c29.26

An inscription from Tirumạ̄ḷam,⁵⁹ Tanjore district, dated A.D. 1112, records that Kulōttunga I approved and sanctioned the proposal to remove some of the tenants in occupation of the *dēvadāna* lands of the local temple and lease out the lands to other tenants, because the former had allowed arrears of *mēlvāram* to accumulate and could not command the means to grow fresh crops without a break; the sanction of the king was obtained beforehand either because tenants could not be changed on *dēvadāna* lands without such sanction, or possibly with a view to forestalling future litigation by the displaced tenants.