Question

Vetti was a
a. A tax paid in the form of forced labour
b. A tax paid in cash
c. A tax paid in cash
d. A farmer in kings filed

Answer 1

Hint:
This kind of tax was imposed during the “ Chola period”. The Chola dynasty was found in southern India. The official language of this dynasty was Tamil and Sanskrit.

Complete solution:
It is a type of cash in which the peasants and labourers are forced to irrigate the land or work in their village for free. They were not getting paid for work and even after than were a force to continue the same.

The type of government followed during this empire was “ Monarchy”. In this form of government, only a single person is considered as a ruler for a lifetime. The Chola dynasty was founded by Vijayalaya and was also the first ruler of this dynasty. The other type of tax collected by this dynasty was the “ Kadamai tax”. The Kadamai tax was a type of land revenue that the peasants had to pay to their landlords or king.

Additional Information – The capital of the Chola dynasty was Poompuhar, Woraiyur, Thiruvarur, Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram, and Pazhayarai. The Chola territory included Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvarur district, Nagapattinam district, Ariyalur district, and Karaikal district. Some of the dynasty related to this dynasty is Chodagangas of Klinga and Nidugal Cholas of Karnataka.


Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
Some of the important Chola kings were Aditya I, Arinjaya, Uttama, Rajaraja I, Rajendra I, Virarajendra, Athirajendra, Koluthanga I, Vikrama, and Rajadhiraja II. Some of the important temples built during the Chola period were Kampahareshwar, Naveswara, Uttarakailash, Vaidynath, and Airavateswara.