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020			_a9780198077350
082			_a954.802 SUB
100			_aSubbarayalu, Y
245			_aSouth India Under the Cholas
260			_bOxford University Press _c2012 _aNew Delhi
300			_a274
520			_aThis book explores different aspects of state-society interactions in medieval south India under the reign of the Cholas. Divided into two parts-Epigraphy and History, and State and Society-the first provides an in-depth analysis of Tamil epigraphy and inscriptions. While interpreting inscriptional terminology, it discusses the socio-economic milieu, merchant guilds, and other sociological aspects. The next section traces the evolution of the medieval state, economy, and society. It discusses land surveys, Chola revenue system and sale deeds, and property rights. The author examines, in detail, the emergence of new organizations like Urar, Nattar, and Periyanattar, and maritime trade guilds, and social classes like landholders, cultivators, slaves, and the left and right hand divisions. The introduction contextualizes these essays in current research scenario and historiography and also provides a brief overview of the evolution of the Chola state and society.
650			_aSouth India
650			_aCholas
650			_aHistory
650			_aEpigraphy
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