Local Government in Ancient India c15.8
Local Government in Ancient India c15.8
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c15.8
The *Madras Epigraphy Report* for 1918 brings to light a very valuable and interesting piece of evidence. It is an inscription (no. 333 of 1917) of the time of Rājendra-Cola I, not earlier than a. d. 1023. It records the endowment, by the assembly of the village named Rājarāja-caturvedimaṅgalam, of certain charities in connexion with a temple with the object of securing success to the arms of that Cola ‘Napoleon’ through the grace of the deity. The charities were mainly intended for maintaining a college for Vedic study and also an attached hostel for students. Arrangements were made for feeding students as described below :