name any two flourishing trading towns
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In this article on Medieval India, we plan to cover the topic ‘Towns, Traders and Craftpersons in the medieval India’. We have noticed more and more questions being asked in Prelims from this topic, hence the write-up on the same.
One of the major reference material for this post is NCERT History text for Class 7 (Our past -1). Only main points from the chapters are compiled below. These points might come quite handy during preparation of Prelims and Mains to get a quick grasp of the subject.
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Towns
Administrative Centres: Thanjavur was the capital of the Cholas. It was an administrative town. This is situated on the banks of Kaveri. Rajarajeshvara temple (built by Rajaraja Chola) is in this town. Kunjaramallam Rajaraja was the architect of this temple. Apart from the temple, palaces with mandapas (pavilions) are present in this town. The kings held court in these mandapas. Barracks for the army were also present in the town.
Important aspects of the town
There were bustling markets, selling grain, spices, cloth and jewellery.
Wells and tanks provided water supply to the town.
The Saliya weavers of Thanjavur and Uraiyur made clothes. Fine cottons were made for the king and nobility and coarse cottons were made for the masses. These clothes were also used for making flags to be used in temple festivals.
The sculptors or sthapatis at Svamimalai used to make exquisite bronze idols and tall, ornamental bell lamps.
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