The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s3.t4.1

c10.s3.t4.1

It was a law of Râja-râja the Great by which in 986 the village *panchâyats* of southern India were anthorized to take possession of and sell the lands of the persons who failed to pay the government dues for three years.¹ The abolition of tolls that had weighed heavily upon the people for generations was likewise effected by Kulot-tûnga's liberal legislative enactment in 1086.² The "positive" character of Chola legislation is manifest as much in the local government ordinances as in the cadastral and other centralizing measures.