48 SOCIAL SCIENTIST Another inscription gives information of the same nature.22 The purport of the records is that Raja Raja placed at the feet of the God Oi. the Big temple flowers of gold brought from Ghalukya country from the treasury of Satyasraya who was defeated in battle. From the two facts cited above it will become clear that a part of the booty obtained in battle was made over to the temple obviously to wash away the sin of homicide. Wealth is produced by human labour acting on the ecology of a period through the technology man has mastered at a historical time. There can be no dispute about this statement. Then the surplus wealth produced by the labour of the working people of the period was shared by the temple which received a portion as kanikkatan in the form of paddy and gold—paddy from agricultural classes and gold from trading and artisan classes and booty from defeated kings. The surplus gold was stored and kept in safety as the personal belonging of God to keep the dacoits away. N VANAMAMALAI 1 R Nagaswamy, (ed) Peruvudaiyar Koil Kalavettukal, Dept. of Archaeology, Madras. s Ibid., pp 12-26, 27-34, 35-47. s Ibid. 4 T N Subramaniam, (ed) Temple Inscriptions, Oriental Manuscript Library. Refer to cash taxes to be paid by artisans and trading guilds. Also see Raja Raja's Meykeertis in his inscriptions. s R Nagaswamy op. cit. p 2 Reference to one Pandaram (treasury) in Raja Raja's inscriptions. e Ibid., pp 27-34. 7 Ibid., » Sa Ganesan, Pfruvudivath Koil Kalvettukl-Kurlppurai. See the reference to Weights and Measures. 9 R Nagaswamy, op. cit., p 4. »o Ibid., pp 2, 3. 11 N Vanamamalai, "Thanchai Koilin Chelavum, Nilavaruviyum", Araichi Vol. IV No. 2 p 119. T2 Ibid., p 126. 18 Kulothungan IFs Meykeerthi and Kalingattupparani-Refercnccs to Kulothungan II. 1 ^ SII Vol II No 4, 5 and 92. 1 s Kani is ownership of land. Kata^i. is the right to collect rent for its use. In all Devadanam lands the Kani was vested in God, Chandeswara or Sabha. Also vide Peria Koil Kalvettukal - Kurippurai - Sa Ganesan. 16 Read two inscriptions in R Nagaswamy op. cit. under the title. Raja Rajan Kuduththa Urkar. 1 7 SII Vol II No 5 and 92 Whole text reproduced in R Nagaswamy, op, cit* 18 SII Vol No 4, 5 & 92 reproduced in R Nagaswamy, op. cit. i » N Vanamamalai "Tanjore Temple : its expenditure and income" Araichi IV-2 ao Ibid. 21 R Nagaswamy, op. cit., pp 27-34. 22 Ibid.