Studies in Cola History and Administration c12.73

c12.73

‘B’ *l. 9*: *āga iccuṭṭappaṭṭa*...........*iḍuvadāgavum*: Here begin the rules of procedure for the election which, by contrast with the brief statement on this subject in ‘A,’ strike us as remarkably clear and full. The clause quoted here lays down clearly that the pot-tickets collected from each *kuḍumbu* were tied together in one bunch, and a descriptive label attached to it. The bunches of all the thirty *kuḍumbus* were then deposited in the pot in that form. Note the important points that the tickets were not, as laid down in ‘A,’ to be collected according to *śēris*, and that this change in procedure is very carefully marked in the language employed.