Question

Mention two ways in which Inscriptions may be used for reconstructing the history of the Imperial Cholas.

Answer 1

The inscriptions provide the following information about the Cholas.

1. They tell us about the Chola administration.

2. They record gifts and endowments to temples and brahmanas.

3. They inform us about the construction of a temple or the setting up of a new image of the deity.

4. Inscriptions on temple walls served the purpose of a public registrations by conserving a record of sales, mortageges and other forms of transfers of property rights in village lands.

5. Inscriptions have preserved the decisions and agreements on meters of public importance.