[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › Studies in Cola History and Administration # Studies in Cola History and Administration (Studies in Cōḻa History and Administration) Cōḻa central and local government, village assemblies (ūr, sabhā), land revenue, the Uttaramerūr inscriptions; studies of chronology and genealogy. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [K. A. Nilakanta Sastri](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sastri-kan) - **Extent:** 828 passages, 60,539 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., University of Madras 1932; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · In copyright (K. A. Nilakanta Sastri †1975); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c1) — 19 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c2) — 9 parts - [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c3) — 1 part - [c4 Plates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c4) — 1 part - [c5 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c5) — 8 parts - [c6 I. The "Puram Four Hundred" as a Source of History](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c6) — 39 parts - [c7 II. Karikāla in History and Legend](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c7) — 187 parts - [c8 III. Some Aspects of Rural Life and Administration in Cōḷa Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c8) — 37 parts - [c9 IV. The Sabhā of Nālūr](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c9) — 43 parts - [c10 V. Uttaramērūr: I. A General Survey of its Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c10) — 57 parts - [c11 Appendix I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c11) — 2 parts - [c12 VI. Uttaramērūr: II. The Parāntaka Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c12) — 95 parts - [c13 Appendix II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c13) — 4 parts - [c14 VII. Naralōkavīra: A Cōḷa Feudatory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c14) — 91 parts - [c15 Appendix III. Nāḍus and Villages in Maṇaiṟkōṭṭam](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c15) — 10 parts - [c16 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c16) — 57 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932) · Pramāṇa