what was agrahara in chola kingdom
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Agrahara:
Agrahara was a grant of land and income from it by a king for religious purposes to build temples or a pilgrimage center
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Answer: Agrahara in Chola kingdom referred to villages which were given to the Brahmins.
Explanation:
The Chola empire featured three types of villages.
The first one was inhabited by people from various caste who paid their taxes in the form of land revenue to the king. The assembly of this village was called 'ur'
The second one was ‘agrahara’ villages which were inhabited by Brahmins.The assembly under this type of village was called ‘Sabha’ or ‘Mahasabha’ which constituted gathering of the adult Brahmins.
The third one was the Devadana. These villages were offered to God.
The Agrahara villages were granted greater autonomy. The executive committees managed the daily affairs of the villages. The selection of the committee members were based on certain criteria like education/ ownership of property.Each member had to retire after a period of three years.
Various committees were formed to look into matters relating to assessment, collection of land revenue ,maintenance of law and order etc. The sabha had the privilege of setting up new lands and even have territorial rights over them. They were also entrusted with raising loans and levying taxes from village.
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