The committees took care of irrigation, roads, temples, gardens, collection of revenue and conduct of religious festivals.

(i) The Chola rulers established a well organised system of administration.
(ii) The empire, was divided into provinces or manda/ams. Each mandalam was sub-divided into naadus.Within each naadu, there were many kurrams (groups of villages). The lowest unit was the gramam (village).

The revenue of the Chola state came mainly from the land. The land tax was known as Kanikadan. The Chola rulers carried out an elaborate survey of land in order to fix the government's share of the land revenue. One-third of produce was collected as land tax. It was collected mostly in kind.

Kings Pandya and local chiefs created Brahmin settlements called Mangalam or Chatur-vedi-mangalam with irrigation facilities.

During the later Cholah period, the items exported were sandalwood, ebony, condiments, precious gems, pepper, oil, paddy, grains and salt.

(i) The Pandya rulers were impartial towards Saivism and Vaishnavism. Temples of both sects were patronised through grants, tax-exemption and renovation.
(ii) The great Saiva and Vaishnava saints (Nayanmars and Alwars) contributed to the growth of Tamil literature.

(i) Rajendra I estabished Vedic college at Ennayiram where Vedas, grammar and Upanishad were taught.
(ii) This was later followed by his successors and two more such colleges had been founded.
(iii) The Great literary works like Periyapuranam and Kamba Ramayanam belong to this period.

(i) The chola rulers established a well organized system of administration in which the empire was divided into mandalans, naadu, Kurrams and gramam.
(ii) A very efficient local administration was another important feature of the Chola rule.
(iii) Chola gave importance to irrigation - vati-vaykkal, ur-vaykkal and naduvaykkal ensured proper distribution of water.
(iv) The Chola rulers built the famous temples in Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram and Darasuram.
(v) Chola Kings were great patrons of learning.
(vi) Trade flourished during their period.