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Question
Mention the significance of inscriptions for providing information about the Cholas.
Solution
The inscriptions provide the following information about the Cholas.
- They tell us about the Chola administration.
- They record gifts and endowments to temples and Brahmanas.
- They inform us about the construction of a temple or the setting up of a new image of the deity.
- Inscriptions on temple walls served the purpose of public registration by conserving a record of sales, mortgages, and other forms of transfers of property rights in village lands.
- Inscriptions have preserved the decisions and agreements on matters of public importance.
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Mention two ways in which Inscriptions may be used for reconstructing the history of the Imperial Cholas.
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Chola Inscriptions.
Name the book written by Kamban.
Give two evidence to suggest that the Cholas employed their resources in public work projects.
Write short notes on the revenue system of the Cholas.
Write short notes on the copper-plate grants
Write a brief not on the works of art and public works projects of the Chola rulers.
Write a note on Uttiramerur Inscription.
______ presently in Kanchipuram district was as Brahmadeya village.
Match the Following:
| A | B | ||
| 1. | Uttiramerur | a. | Karnataka |
| 2. | Vijayalaya | b. | Puducherry |
| 3. | Tirubuvanai | c. | Kanchipuram |
| 4. | Ayyavole | d. | Thanjavur |
