write a short note on the assemblies in the southern kingdom
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The Pallava legends discussed various local assemblies. It is most probable that these assemblies were managed by wealthy and influential landowners and business-people. For instance, Sabha was an assembly of upper-class landowners or the Brahmins. It played many roles and worked through subcommittees, which looked after irrigation, agrarian methods, constructing roads, local temples etc. The Ur was another important assembly; it was a village assembly founded in the areas that do not come under the control of the Brahmins. Similarly, Anagram was an organization of merchants.
Assemblies in the southern kingdom:
• The assembly of non-brahmin landowners was known as the ur.
• The association of merchants was termed the nagaram. Usually, these assemblies were measured by rich merchants and landowners. Such local assemblies continued for centuries in south India.
• The Pallava inscriptions remark assemblies known as sabhas comprising of brahmin landowners. These assemblies worked through sub-committees that considered after irrigation, agriculture, roads, and temples.