The Colas c32.6

c32.6

and 12 teachers. The subjects of study were generally those prescribed at Eṇṇāyiram; the Prābhākaram is not mentioned, but other new subjects come in, like the Satyāṣāḍha *sūtras*, Manu *śāstra* and Vaikhānasa *śāstra*, besides *Bhārata*, *Rāmāyaṇa*, these last being expounded to popular audiences rather than taught as school subjects. The daily allowances to students and teachers were all in grain; the junior students were allowed six measures each and the senior eight; among teachers, the professor of Vēdānta got a *kalam* and a sixth, while the others received varying allowances ranging from one *kalam* to a fourth of it. The inscription of the thirtieth year of Rājādhirāja, A.D. 1048 which records these facts, also exempts the teachers and students of the college from active service on the committees of the village-assembly in accordance with a resolution of the *sabhā*.