Matsya Purana 253.19

253.19

tripañcasaptarātre ca yatrārohanti tānyapi.
jyeṣṭottamā kaniṣṭhā bhūrvarjanīyatarā sadā .. 253.18

The hollow is then to be filled with excavated earth, if the excavated earth be greater than the hollow filled, then the buildings reconstructed on that ground will bring in riches and influence, if the earth be insufficient it means loss and if it be just equal, then the result will be normal. The second test is to get the land ploughed and sown with some seeds, if the seeds sprout and become big in three five or seven days the land should be known to be best, if the sproutings are small, that land is to be avoided, if the sproutings are tolerably high, that land is middling—17-18.