This 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. This book will be of considerable interest to scholars, teachers, and students of medieval history, particularly those interested in south India, Cholas, and early medieval India.
| ISBN | 0198077351 | | Pages | 272 | | ISBN13 | 9780198077350
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 480 | | Publisher | OUP India | | Published in | New Delhi | | Imprint | OUP India | | Height (mm) | 227 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 148 | | Publication date | 22 Dec 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 26 | | DEWEY | 954.802 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | |
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FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF TABLES AND MAPS ; LIST OF APPENDICES ; INTRODUCTION ; PART I: EPIGRAPHY AND HISTORY ; 1. TAMIL EPIGRAPHY: PAST AND PRESENT ; 2. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MILIEU OF THE PULANGURICHI INSCRIPTIONS ; 3. THE MERCHANT GUILD INSCRIPTION AT BARUS IN SUMATRA ; 4. SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE PERSONAL NAMES AND TITLES ; 5. INTERPRETING INSCRIPTIONAL TERMINOLOGY ; PART II: STATE AND SOCIETY ; 6. MEASUREMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF LAND ; 7. AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHOLA REVENUE SYSTEM ; 8. QUANTIFYING LAND REVENUE OF THE CHOLA STATE ; 9. SALE DEEDS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS ; 10. URAR, NATTAR, AND PERIYANATTAR ; 11. ALUNGANAM AND MULAPARUDAI: TWO EARLY VILLAGE BODIES ; 12. LANDHOLDERS, CULTIVATORS, AND SLAVES ; 13. SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE RIGHT AND LEFT HAND DIVISIONS ; 14. ANJUVANNAM: A MARITIME TRADE GUILD OF MEDIEVAL TIMES ; 15. ERIVIRAPATTINAM: WARRIORS AND THE STATE ; 16. THE CHOLA STATE ; 17. CHARACTERIZING THE CHOLA STATE ; APPENDICES ; INDEX.
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