Local Government in Ancient India c12.15

c12.15

Coming to the times of the Colas we find stated in an inscription of the twelfth year of the reign of King Parāntaka I (= a. d. 919) that a donation of gold made by one of the king's officers for feeding Brāhmaṇas was utilized by the 'tank supervision committee' to pay the wages of the workmen employed to remove silt in the 'big tank of our village' (named Kāveripāk). The tank must have been built long before a. d. 919.