other than land tax the cholas collected taxes
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Under the Chola dynasty, there were around 400 different types of taxes, from which vetti (forced labour), and kadamai (land revenue) were the most common. The reasons of collecting taxes were; to fulfil the finance of the king's establishments, to build temples and forts, and to fight wars.The most frequently mentioned tax is vetti, taken not in cash but in the form of forced labour, and kadamai or land revenue. There were also taxes on thatching the house, the use of a ladder to climb palm trees, a cess on succession to family property etc.
Each tax is special for critical business men and not applicable for everyone. Some other inscriptions give evidence in collections of taxes like Iravu vari, Por vari, Kaverik karai viniyogam and sabha viniyogam etc.Normally tax was collected by the officials regarding the autonomous village.