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The Chola Cadastral Survey: How Rajaraja I Mapped an Empire

The Chola Cadastral Survey: How Rajaraja I Mapped an Empire

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In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the extraordinary cadastral survey ordered by Rajaraja Chola I around 1000 CE. The survey, recorded in the copper plates of the Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, captured every field, village, and tax assessment in the Chola heartland. Lucas explains how village assemblies (sabhas) recorded land parcels by name, boundary, soil type, and irrigation source — a practice that predates the Domesday Book by more than half a century. The conversation also delves into the social implications of the survey: how it classified land into brahmadeya (granted to Brahmins), devadana (temple land), and vellanvagai (peasant land), and how the land-tax system funded the empire's monumental architecture and maritime expeditions. Luna asks about the process of recording and the reliability of the copper plates. The episode touches on the role of the variyams (local committees) and the kudavolai (lot system) for selecting officials, connecting the survey to earlier episodes on Chola village democracy. The hosts also examine the survey's impact on later state-building in South Asia, comparing it to Mughal and British land-revenue systems. #CholaCadastralSurvey #RajarajaCholaI #BrihadeeswararTemple #Thanjavur #DomesdayBook #Brahmadeya #Devadana #Vellanvagai #Sabha #Variyam #Kudavolai #CopperPlates #LandSurvey #CholaTaxation #MedievalIndia #IndianHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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