Indian Epigraphy c16.s6.44

c16.s6.44

ment of a *Kulyavāpa*. He suggested that 1 *Kulyavāpa* of land was 9 rods in length and 8 rods in breadth, and further conjectured the length of a *nala* or measuring rod to have been 16 cubits and that of a cubit 19 inches. Accordingly, the area of a *Kulyavāpa* in Pargiter’s calculation was a little above one acre (3 1/16 *Bighās*). But the conclusion is not only based on several conjectures but also cannot be reconciled with the expression ‘having measured with the rods of 6’ used in connection with the measurement of a *Kulyavāpa* in the Paharpur plate, which would thus indicate an area of only 6×6 rods. It will be seen that a *Kulyavāpa* of 8×9 rods would be much larger than a *Kulyavāpa* of 6×6 rods, if the rods are regarded as of the same length.¹