Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t1.1

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Around the *gāma* lay its *khetta* or pastures, and its woodland or uncleared jungle. *Khetta* or agricultural land is considered among ten kinds of external possessions, the rest being buildings, gold etc, seeds of grains, collection of wood-fuel and grass, friends and relatives, conveyance, furniture such as bed, sofa etc., male and female slaves and utensils.² A *khetta* is divided into *setu* and *ketu*; the former being irrigated by Persian wheels (*arahatta*) etc., and the latter by rainfall.³ Various methods of irrigation were adopted in different countries. For example, in the country of Lāṭa the fields received their moisture from rainfall, in Sindhu from rivers, in Draviḍa from ponds, in Uttarāpatha from wells and in Dimbharelaka from floods.⁴