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Chola Land Grants: The Inscribed Copper Plates That Ruled an Empire
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the most underappreciated pillars of Chola power: the copper-plate land grant. These meticulously inscribed plates weren't just legal documents — they were instruments of political control, economic redistribution, and cultural patronage. Focusing on the Anbil Plates of Parantaka Chola I and the larger Leyden Plates of Rajaraja Chola I, we explore how the Chola monarchy used land grants to bind temples, Brahmins, and village assemblies into a vast, stable network of loyalty. Lucas explains the formulaic structure of these grants — the…
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