Studies in Cola History and Administration c12.31

c12.31

The brief record of the mode of election to the committees contained in this inscription is by no means easy to follow in its details. The later record (B) says distinctly that thirty names were chosen for service on committees, one from each kuḍumbu, and lays down the elaborate procedure to be followed at the election. The earlier record (A) also implies unmistakably that the total number of men chosen in one election was thirty. It makes the following statements: (1) the ‘annual committee’ must be so chosen that there are twelve members, one from each śēri, after the tickets have been gathered together (from the kuḍumbus)