Weavers of which community in Thanjavur and Uraiyur, during the Chola dynasty, were producing cloth for the temple flags?

Option 4 : Saliya

The weavers of Saliya community in Thanjavur and Uraiyur, during the Chola dynasty, were producing cloth for the temple flags.

• There were administrative centres, temple towns, as well as centres of commercial activities and i production during medieval periods.
• The best example for this is Thanjavur.
• During the reign of Chola Dynasty (King Rajaraja Chola), its capital was Thanjavur.
• Architect Kunjaramallan Rajaraja Perunthachchan built Rajarajeshwara Temple.
• Besides the temple, there were palaces with mandapas or pavilions, where kings hold court and issue order to subordinates.
• The Saliya weavers of Thanjavur and the nearby town of Uraiyur were busy producing cloth for flags to be used in the temple festival.
• They also weaved fine cottons for the king and nobility and coarse cotton for the masses.

• Some distance away at Svamimalai, the sthapatis or sculptors were making exquisite bronze idols and tall, ornamental bell metal lamps.

Hence, the correct answer is - Saliya.