A History of Agriculture in India v1.c38.7
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c38.7
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A system of naming the villages according to the caste of their inhabitants was in vogue in later times. Thus in the Madura District, a village inhabited by the Telugu and Kanarese people was called an ur; a small Kalla village, patti or kurichi; a fortified village, kottei (kottai); a Brahmana village, mangalam or agraharam; and an oridinary village, kudi. In Chingleput the villages were known as nattams, a name subsequently applied to Sudra villages.