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you enjoy the right of the upper irrigation and straining in the chan- 

 nels irrigating this land ; in these channels none (else) shall enjoy the 

 right of cutting up branch channels, of obstructing the water, of shut- 

 ting up the lower sluices, of raising up the water by obstructions, and 

 of lifting up water by baskets. Let none obstruct the common run- 

 ning water or use that water for purposes of irrigation by obstructing 

 its course. Let none raise round-about storeyed houses and mansions 

 or sink unwalled wells or enjoy the proceeds of the cocoanut trees 

 yielding (cocoauuts), damanaham ^^, mam ^^, iriiceli ^^, nen^aka, the blue 

 lily, mango, jack, areca-nut, palmyra. 



(E.; 



— The folloiving abstract shmcs the revenue in paddy which a number 

 of villages in the Chola and other countries assigned to the temple at 

 Tanjore by the Chola King Rajaraja deva in thu 29th year of his 

 reign (end of the tenth century) had. to pay to the Tanjore temple as 

 recorded in the inscriptions on the walls of the temple. 



Note. — The denomination in which the extent of lands mentioned in the inscriptions is 

 given, has not been specifically stated, but it is assumed to be " Velis " (1 veli = 6| acres) the 

 local land measure in use in the Tanjore district from time immemorial. The " kalam " 

 grain 'measure referred to is equivalent to 12 adavallan merkals. An adavallan is a 

 somewhat smaller merkal than that now in use. The old merkal was reported in the 

 beginning of the century to contain 192 tolas of rice. The present merkal contains 240 

 tolas. 



'3 and '* Fragrant shrubs. 



'5 Iritveli is a shrub, the roots of which are very fragrant. 



