The fourteen inscriptions discovered in 1893 at Ukkal village, now in Tiruvannamalai district, open the doors to a splendid universe of how village administration had been perfected in south India.
This is the fascinating and ennobling history of Sorade, a village near Shivamogga. Its modern name is Choradi. For the longest time, Sorade was an independent and self-governing village republic not under the control of any king. It took pride in describing itself as an Agrahara in which all people
