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Self-governing systems in Tamilnadu
December 28 , 2024
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- It was a recent study by the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), a not-for-profit research organisation, on two villages of north Tamil Nadu — Kundrathur and Ullavur.
- It highlights how elaborate self-governing administrative systems existed at the village level for many years before the arrival of the British.
- This study was based on a survey conducted by Thomas Barnard, a British military officer, in about 2,000 locations in the erstwhile Chengalpattu Jagir between 1767 and 1774.
- The British had obtained this area from the Nawab of Arcot in 1762.
- The functioning of these villages was in the Jagir from Tamil inscriptions on palm leaves kept by traditional account keepers called ‘Kanakkupillais.’
- As many as 55 inscriptions from the Chola period to the Mughals have been recorded from Kundrathur, which throws light on the history of the village over several centuries.
- The annual production of foodgrains in the whole of the Chengalpattu Jagir amounted to as much as one tonne per capita.
- It is five times the average of India today.
- The Considerable shares from the produce were allocated for the maintenance of water bodies that abound in this region and for the sustenance of high scholars, teachers, musicians, and dancers.
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