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Rajaraja I's Secret Weapon: The Chola Revenue Survey
In this episode of The Chola Empire, Lucas and Luna explore how Rajaraja Chola I transformed the Chola state with a meticulous land revenue survey and reorganisation in the late 10th century. They discuss the details of the survey, which measured every field, assessed crop yields, and categorised land into revenue grades, as recorded in the Tanjore inscriptions. The conversation covers the role of village assemblies (sabhas) in the process, the reorganisation of land into units like valanadu and nadu, and how this system funded the massive building projects of Rajaraja, including the…
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