Write a note on the significant features of the Chola administration.

Features of Chola administration:

1. The kingdom was divided into mandalam, kotwangi, Nadu, kurram and tara-kurram.

2. One of the most efficient administrative measures was the self-governance of the villages. There were gram sabhas.

3. Tara-kurram was a village. There was a village community in every kurram called Mahasabha.

4. Mahasabha was called perumguri. There was another committee of subjects in every village called Ur.

5. Members of perumgiri were selected through election but only Sanskrit scholars or rich people could stand for elections.