Indian Epigraphy c16.s6.60

c16.s6.60

The relation of Udamāna-Unmāna-Udāna and of its subdivision, the Kākinī, with the Āḍhavāpa is difficult to determine. The word kākinī seems to be the same as Kānī which is a land-measure even now prevalent in many parts of Bengal, although the area indicated by the Kānī is not the same in different places. According to Hunter,³ a Kānī is a little above an acre in the Dacca and Mymensing Districts. It is regarded as 1/6 of a Doṇ (Droṇa) in the Mymensing District, while in the Faridpur District, 30 Kānīs are regarded as equal to a Pākhī (3622 square cubits) of land. This would make the Kānī about 120 square cubits. In Sandvip in the Noakhali District, 4 Kaḍās make 1 Gaṇḍā, 20 Gaṇḍās make 1 Kānī and 16 Kānīs make 1 Doṇ or Droṇa.⁴ This scheme would suggest that the ancient Kākinī (modern Kānī) was 1/16 of a Droṇa or Droṇavāpa. None of these indications is however supported by the inscriptions.