Chola
Dynasty
Administration
Chola dynasty administration is centralized which means it followed monarch system of administration, King was at the top of the administration.
They had capital cities at
Tanjore
and
Gangaikondacholapuram
,
officials were called
perundanam
and
sirudanam
.
Chola empire is divided into
Mandalams
,
“
Puravuvarithinaikkalam
” was the land revenue department .
The residential portion of the village was called as
ur nattam
, ur nattam and land belonging to the temple were exempted from tax.
The royal troops called
Kaikkolaperumpadai
. “Velaikkarar” the personal troops which was to protect the king.
Inscription
Parantaka I
found at Uttiramurur which provide information about village councils.
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