Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: “The inscriptions of the Cholas who ruled in Tamil Nadu refer to more than 400 terms for different kinds of taxes. The most frequently mentioned tax is vetti, taken not in cash but in the form of forced labour, and kadamai, or land revenue. There were also taxes on thatching the house, the use of a ladder to climb palm trees, a cess on succession to family property, etc.”

1. Which tax is most frequently mentioned in the Chola inscriptions?
2. List two taxes levied by the Chola rulers.
3. What was kadamai?
4. Who collected these taxes?

Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: “The inscriptions of the Cholas who ruled in Tamil Nadu refer to more than 400 terms for different kinds of taxes. The most frequently mentioned tax is vetti, taken not in cash but in the form of forced labour, and kadamai, or land revenue. There were also taxes on thatching the house, the use of a ladder to climb palm trees, a cess on succession to family property, etc.”

1.	Which tax is most frequently mentioned in the Chola inscriptions?  
2.	List two taxes levied by the Chola rulers.					
3.	What was kadamai?								
4.	Who collected these taxes?

Accepted Answer

Vetti is the most frequently mentioned tax in the Chola inscriptions.
Chola rulers levied tax on thatching the house and use of a ladder to climb palm trees.
Kadamai was the land revenue.
Members of the influential families collected these taxes.

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