Studies in Cola History and Administration c8.16

c8.16

Then we have examples of a group called Nagarattār performing functions very similar to those of the *Sabha* and the *Ur* in other places. The Nagarattār were apparently assemblies of mercantile groups which went by the generic name *Nagaram*. For instance *Eyirkōṭṭattu nagaram Kāñcīpuram*.