Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "முலை வரி" in Tamil language version.
In South India, until the 19th century, the 'low caste' men had to pay the 'head tax, and the 'low caste' women had to pay a 'breast tax' ('tala-karam' and 'mula-karam') to the government treasury. The still more shameful truth is that these women were not allowed to wear upper garments in public.
