History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.s24.3

v3.c41.s24.3

"From the 'Keralotpatti', we learn that after the Perumāḷ, began to rule the country, the Brahmins with a view to impose some check on royal authority organised the country into eighteen divisions and supplied the kings with assemblies which were always to be consulted on all important occasions. Assemblies known as 'the Five Hundred', the 'Six Hundred' and the 'Six Thousand' are mentioned in the Syrian copper-plate described in Logan's collection (No. III), belonging to the 9th century. The Jews and the Christians also had certain privileges in their assemblies". (Christians and Mahomedans also early came to and settled in Malabar.)