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"Even women of other dominant castes like the Nairs had to keep their breasts bare in the presence of Brahmin men. Nair women had no right to hide their breasts in front of them. Brahmin women bare their breasts only in front of the deity in the temple. Before the arrival of Christian missionaries, it was common for women to go naked in Kerala in the 18th century." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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Travancore breast tax is also a history recorded in all related books. Would you add this peragragh at the top of this page? @ ChandlerMinh:, @ Joshua Jonathan: Drawings provide man ( talk) 14:20, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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In the section "Head tax", there is "Kingdom of Kingdom of Travancore". One "Kingdom of" too much in my opinion. MacGyver ( talk) 07:00, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
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The "breast tax" (mulakkaram or mula-karam in Malayalam) was a head tax
The "head tax" (Tala-karam or Talakkaram in Malayalam) was a head tax 2409:40E5:16:B893:8000:0:0:0 ( talk) 15:43, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Is there anything to be gained by changing the section "Head tax" to "Poll tax" and making the following edit?
Looking for wider input than the one IP above. — C.Fred ( talk) 16:16, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
To pay tax, one should have money. It is common knowledge that labourers in medieval times were not paid wages as money. There weren't enough coins minted to pay money to everyone. The labourers were paid wages in the form of food and clothing. How, then would they pay these taxes ? Only the rich could pay taxes. Talakkaram was the tax that the feudal lord paid the King on the basis of number of his male labourers and Mulakkaram was the tax based on the number of female labourers. A person who paid more than five rupees was eligible to vote. 103.70.199.220 ( talk) 12:36, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
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"Even women of other dominant castes like the Nairs had to keep their breasts bare in the presence of Brahmin men. Nair women had no right to hide their breasts in front of them. Brahmin women bare their breasts only in front of the deity in the temple. Before the arrival of Christian missionaries, it was common for women to go naked in Kerala in the 18th century." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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Travancore breast tax is also a history recorded in all related books. Would you add this peragragh at the top of this page? @ ChandlerMinh:, @ Joshua Jonathan: Drawings provide man ( talk) 14:20, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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In the section "Head tax", there is "Kingdom of Kingdom of Travancore". One "Kingdom of" too much in my opinion. MacGyver ( talk) 07:00, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
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The "breast tax" (mulakkaram or mula-karam in Malayalam) was a head tax
The "head tax" (Tala-karam or Talakkaram in Malayalam) was a head tax 2409:40E5:16:B893:8000:0:0:0 ( talk) 15:43, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Is there anything to be gained by changing the section "Head tax" to "Poll tax" and making the following edit?
Looking for wider input than the one IP above. — C.Fred ( talk) 16:16, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
To pay tax, one should have money. It is common knowledge that labourers in medieval times were not paid wages as money. There weren't enough coins minted to pay money to everyone. The labourers were paid wages in the form of food and clothing. How, then would they pay these taxes ? Only the rich could pay taxes. Talakkaram was the tax that the feudal lord paid the King on the basis of number of his male labourers and Mulakkaram was the tax based on the number of female labourers. A person who paid more than five rupees was eligible to vote. 103.70.199.220 ( talk) 12:36, 23 May 2024 (UTC)