Gifts of Power Lordship in an Early Indian State

by Heitzman, James

• ISBN13: 9780195639780
• ISBN10: 0195639782
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This study of state formation, religious institutions, and the economy during the Chola period in South India (9th-13th centuries) uses locational and statistical methods to analyze the relationship between ritual and administration in a dynamic empire.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	ix	(2)
List of Maps	xi	(2)
List of Tables	xiii	(1)
List of Figures	xiv
1. The Chola Empire: History, Theory, Method	1	(36)
Power and Empire in Early South India	1	(10)
Theoretical Background	11	(10)
Methodology: The Study Areas	21	(16)
2. Means and Relations of Production in Cholamandalam	37	(45)
Irrigation and Development	37	(17)
Property Relations	54	(12)
Cultivation Rights and Agrarian Labour	66	(8)
Property Relations and their Vocabulary	74	(8)
3. Temple Urbanism	82	(39)
Urbanization and Political Economy in Early South India	82	(2)
Temple Lands at Vadakadu: The Frontiers of Cultivation	84	(6)
Temple Lands at Tirukkovalur: The Ritual Centre	90	(9)
Temple Lands in the Kaveri River Delta: The Temple Complex	99	(8)
Temples, Urbanism and Political Economy	107	(6)
A Comparative Study of Chola-period Urbanization	113	(8)
4. The Transactional Network of an Imperial Temple	121	(22)
The Transactional Network Surrounding the Temple	121	(6)
Mapping the Transactional Network	127	(10)
Ritual Polity and Economy	137	(6)
5. The Structure of the Chola State	143	(38)
The King and the Royal Family in Cholamandalam	143	(5)
The Officials of the Chola Kings: Proto-bureaucratic Functions	148	(8)
The Land Revenue Department: Development of a Royal Bureaucracy	156	(5)
The Taxation System of the Chola Heartland	161	(7)
Tax Transfers and Tax Collectors	168	(13)
6. Networks of Social Control	181	(36)
Reconstruction of Donor Networks	182	(3)
Analysis of Donor Networks	185	(17)
Lordship and the Chola State	202	(15)
7. Conclusion	217	(21)
Appendix Sites of Chola-period Inscriptions in Five Study Areas	238	(7)
References	245	(26)
Index	271