State and Government in Ancient India c18.s1.46
State and Government in Ancient India c18.s1.46
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Inscriptions of the Chola dynasty (*c.* 900-1300 A.D.) enable us to present a more detailed picture of the constitution and functions of the Village Assemblies and their executive committees in Tamil country.⁸ The Primary Assembly of the villages was known as *ur* in the case of ordinary villages and *sabhā* in the case of *agrahāra* villages, mostly tenanted by learned Brāhmaṇas. Sometimes both these Assemblies are seen functioning in the same village ; this probably happened when the new Brāhmaṇa colony was a small one.¹