Later Chola Kings including the Great Rajendran made major attempts to unite the entire Kingdom by various means such as
1. Ritual and religious means by protecting religious institutions and by construction of shrines
2. Establishment of tax free grants
3. The disputes were setteled effectively by arbitration
4. Highly intellectural were recruited for tax collection and distribution of resources
All these factors and similar factors though leads to expansion, urbanisation of the Chola Desam but the great Chola Kingdom could not exceed for more than five hundred years
What do you feel the reasons for the fall down of the Chola Empire even though it has many unique good features compare to other Kingdoms?
Thank you TV, I am going through the entire threads and almost i got all the required reasons. Thank you. However in the later period of cholas the taxes was extorbitant and many notificaiton in the form of kalvettu is available. It may also be one of the reasons for its down fall. Members may share the views
The ratios of the number of inscription to the total inscription during the Chola regime for the various period are given in the following table, which I read in one of the research article
Type of Tax
849-985
985-1070
1070-1178
1178-1279
Eccoru
0.08
0.03
0.01
0.001
Antarayam
0.002
0.01
0.06
0.07
Kadamai
0.04
0.06
0.07
0.15
General Tax terms
0.001
0.01
0.06
0.06
Irrigation dues
0.05
0.11
0.11
0.03
Kudimai
.001
0.03
0.06
0.07
is slightly heavy compare to earlier period except Eccoru. There may be chances of the downfall of the Chola Kingdom because of the excessive taxation.
Sir, I'm not sure what this table purports to show. Is it the ratio of the number of inscriptions on taxes, or the percentages of those taxes? If the latter, 0.15% seems absurdly low, and nearly 45% (if it's given as a fraction of 1, and not 100) is absurdly high.
If it's the former, I don't think anything can be said from the frequency of inscriptions, unless you actually read the inscriptions to find out what the actual burden was.
The table mentioned in the earlier mail shows The number shown in the table is the ratio of the number of inscriptions to the total number of inscriptions of the chola kingdom during the varius periods.
Dear, Can we compare the various types of taxes exists in the Chola System such as Eccoru, Antarayam, kadamai, Kudimai, General Tax terms, and irrigation dues with the present taxation of our country?