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panmaipandavetii, and other taxes incurred in money or paddy by this 

 village. Thus for the exemption from taxation and for the exchange 

 of the lands from the former owners to the temple we issue this order. 



Thus 31| and j\ and -g-^^ (velis) of land within the four boundaries 

 with all the taxes of antardya and panmaipandavetii and others exempted 

 we give to the temple. 



Ifote. — The terms " calculated produce " and " settled produce " in the 

 above inscription probably refer to the gross produce and the portion of it 

 representing Government share. If this surmise be correct, the Govern- 

 ment share, it will be seen, exceeded a half in some cases. In one or two 

 cases there must be a mistake in the transcription of the inscription as the 

 " settled produce " given exceeds the " calcidated produce." It is assumed 

 that the figures representing the superficial contents of lands denote 

 "velis" — a veli being equivalent to 6f acres. " Veli " is an ancient 

 measure and there is no tradition current in the Tanjore district showing 

 that either the extent of a veli has been altered or that any other land 

 measure was at any time in use. 



The following extract from a grant, dated A.D. 1084 by Kulothunga- 

 chola shows the taxes and seignioral dues levied in the times 

 of the Cliolas in the Tanjore district. 



may you enjoy the several trees and the enjoyment and cultivation of 

 mango trees ; may you have the privilege of opening up big oil- 

 presses ; may you enjoy the upper irrigation and straining in the 

 channels that, passing through this village, irrigate other villages ; 

 may you enjoy the upper irrigation and straining in the channels 

 that, passing from other villages, come to this village. The cocoa and 

 palmyra trees cultivated in this village shall not be climbed up by the 

 Ilavar ""^ ; may you enjoy the privilege of the planting of (pillars for) 

 toranas ^^ as befitting your position. For the enjoyment of the above 

 rights ; may you enjoy also the ndddtchi, the nirdtchi, one ndli (of rice 

 collection) for every vatti (platter), one ndli (of rice collection) on (the 

 days sacred to) the manes, the tax on weddings, the (tax on) washer- 

 men's stones, the tax on potters, the rent on water, the leaves collec- 

 tion, ^^ a cloth for (every) loom, the brokerage, the taxes on gold- 

 smiths, the tax on neatherds, the tax on sheep, the good cow, the good 

 bull, the watch of the country, the guana, tortoise, frog and others of 

 the kind in the common embankments inside (the village) ; may you 

 enjoy the right of sowing Kdr, the supreme management, the ikndi 

 petitions and other rights even without the exception of the lands used 

 for raising good crops. For the enjoyment of the above rights, may 

 you enjoy also the right of irrigating by obstructing the water by 

 embankments, of straining and allowing the flow of the current. May 



1" Literally the polluted, by which term is meant the nddars ov sdnars, commonly 

 called the toddy-tree climbers. 



" The gate of a house in Sanskrit, but it also means festoons strung of green leaves, 

 generally mango leaves. 



'^ For manure or to be used as dishes for eating in taking meals. ( 



