Studies in Cola History and Administration c12.30

c12.30

‘A’ line 6: śadēri (śēri) vaḷiyē tiraṭṭi: “(The tickets bearing the names) shall be collected in (each) street (śēri),” (Venkayya). Perhaps this is better translated as: ‘The tickets bearing the names shall be gathered together according to śēris.’ It must be noticed that there were thirty kuḍumbus, constituted out of twelve śēris. Each kuḍumbu had to prepare (l. 3) name tickets (kuḍavōlai) (l. 6) answering to what we now call valid nominations, and when this had been done, the tickets were grouped together according to śēris before lots were drawn in the manner laid down in l. 7. Representation on the committees was according to śēri and kuḍumbu. These terms śēri and kuḍumbu occur in inscriptions from other places as well, and their exact place in local administration is yet to be worked out.