[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909) › c10.18 # Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c10.18 Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c10.18 - **Language:** English ### [c10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c10.18) In revenue matters the measurement and assessment of the land were naturally of the first importance. The Sātakarṇi grant of the second century is addressed to the \*rajjukam\* (Sk 263), which, as previously stated (p. 15 above), literally means holder of the rope, that is, a survey officer. The \*rajjukas\* were originally appointed long before, by Aśōka, but perhaps for other purposes. The \*prāku-pramāṇa\* or ancient measurement is referred to in 1513 (Nj 195). The instrument used for the purpose was generally a pole, of which different ones are mentioned. There was the \*bhēruṇḍa\* pole (Sk 120), taken perhaps from the Bhēruṇḍēśvara pillar; the \*dāya\* pole of 18½ feet, the distance between the central pillars of the Aghōrēśvara temple at Ikkēri; the pole of 18 spans, each of 12 fingers breadth (Mb 49); and so on. Poles of 36 steps and 48 steps are also referred to (Ak 12, 13), and an \*oṭṭōla\* pole (Ci 64). The assessment is said, under the Chōlas in 1046 (Dv 75), to be one-sixth of the produce, and this was the recognised Hindu rate from the earliest times (see vol. ii, Introd. p. 4). But a quarter of a century later is described. - [Previous: c10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c10.17) - [Next: c10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c10.19) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c10.18) · Pramāṇa