History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c12.5

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The Vishaya consisted of a number of villages or grāmas. Thus the lowest administrative unit was the village, a village being usually described as situate in a particular Vishaya of a particular Bhukti or Mandala. The Vishaya was named usually after the chief town of it while the Bhukti had a name which sometimes referred to a people. Thus Khetaka Ahāra means the Kheda Tehsil and Jejāka Bhukti or Chīna Bhukti (Hiuen Tsang, Watters I p. 391) meant the collectorate of the Jejāks or Chīnas. Bhukti also was sometimes named from a big town or city e. g. the Ahicchatra Bhukti mentioned in the Banskhera grant of Harsha.