[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c16.s6.78 # Indian Epigraphy c16.s6.78 Indian Epigraphy c16.s6.78 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s6.78) Among other land measures mentioned in early inscriptions, we may refer to the \*Pādāvarta\* found in certain records from Western India² and the \*Timpira\*, \*Timpīra\* or \*Timpira\* noticed in some epigraphs of the Orissa region.³ Nothing however is known about the exact area of the second of the two. Monier-Williams understood a \*pādāvarta\* as one square foot; - [Previous: c16.s6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s6.77) - [Next: c16.s6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s6.79) - [Up: c16.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s6.78) · Pramāṇa