sentences:  They had rights to make grants that may have been occasionally exempt of local taxes.There were two types of "gavundas"; the "ur-gavundas" who were lower in status and wielded control at the village level and the "nadu-gavunda" who oversaw the "Nadu" and were directly appointed by the king.Inscriptions that specify land grants, rights and ownership were descriptive of the boundaries of demarcation using natural features such as rivers, streams, water channels, hillocks, large boulders, layout of the village, location of forts ("kote") if any in the proximity, irrigation canals, temples, tanks, even shrubs and large trees.