Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The term 'puravuvari-tinaikkalam' in the Imperial Chola administration refers to what ?

• A. Department of Tourism
• B. Department of Agriculture
• C. Department of Land revenue
• D. Department of Intelligence

Answer 1

The correct option is C Department of Land revenue

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The Chola state collected land tax out of the agrarian surplus for its revenue. There was an elaborate “Department of Land revenue” known as puravuvari-tinaikkalam, with its chief called puravuvari -tinaikkalanayagam.