Indian Epigraphy c16.s6.68

c16.s6.68

Another land-measure bigger than the *Kulyavāpa* and *Droṇavāpa* was the *Khārī* or *Khārikā* which is known from records like the Madhainagar plate of Lakṣmaṇasena.¹ This is no doubt the same as the *Khārikā* or *Khārīvāpa* of the *Amarakoṣa*.² As 16 *droṇas* are known to have made one *khārī*, the *Khārīvāpa* was apparently equal originally to 16 *Droṇas* or *Droṇavāpas*, i.e. to 2 *Kulyas* or *Kulyavāpas*. In some records the *Hala* is mentioned as a bigger unit than the *Droṇa* or *Droṇavāpa*; cf. a plot of land measuring 2 *Halas* and 6 *Droṇas* in the Dhulla plate³ of Śrīcandra.