Studies in Cola History and Administration c10.29

c10.29

∗ The word “*sāmanthu*” (61 of 1898) is not easy; and until it is properly interpreted, the nature of the settlement made on this occasion must remain doubtful. The *Ūr* seems to have been responsible for the proper payment of land dues by the cultivators. In a later inscription we get the phrase; “lands that escheated to the *Ūr* (lit. fell towards it) because the dues on them were not paid.” (17 of 1898).