Indian Epigraphy c16.s6.3

c16.s6.3

⁴ Cf. Śivacandra-hasta in the Faridpur plate of Dharmāditya (Select Inscriptions, pp. 352, 356, 358). The cubit is indicated by a word like hasta (kai in the South Indian languages). In Kannaḍa inscriptions, sometimes we find geṇu (i.e. span) and kālu (i.e. foot) as units of measurement. The same units are also known from Tamil records (see below); cf. also the land measure called Pādāvarta referred to below.