HISTORY
CHOLA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Nagaram
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Nadu
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Sabha
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Ur
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Detailed explanation-1: -A) Nagaram: This is the correct answer. Merchants and traders developed their own organisations and associations in Nagaram.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nagaram was a body of merchants which actively participated in the trade and commerce of medieval south India. It was essentially an administrative unit of the merchant community specializing in the field of commerce and industry especially in big and small towns.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nagaram was an assembly of merchants, traders and artisans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Chola kingdom was divided into provinces that were called mandalams. The mandalams were further divided into valanadus. Each valanadu consisted of a certain number of villages. The village or the nadu was the smallest unit of Chola administration.
Detailed explanation-5: -The settlements of peasants were known as ‘ur’. A group of villages formed a ‘Nadu’. A group of prominent Brahmana landholders formed a ‘Sabha’. An association of traders were known as ‘Nagarams’.