Land Revenue Administration of the –Pandya Rulers-A Study

Abstract

The pandyas were one of the oldest rulers who ruled the tamil country from the sangam age upto the sixteenth century¹. The Pandiyas Kingdom seems to be one of the oldest dynasities of south india Different Periods.The ruler did much for the welfare of the kingdom and its people. Besides the welfare  activities the rulers took steps for improving the means of irrigation and increasing the areas of cultivable  lands in the region through the support of the rulers the prosperty of the people increased². To imporve the state economy the rulers fermed the rulers and regulations on land regarding the revenue administrative system.Various revenue activities of the rulars foccussed in this article.