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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3949

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3949

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### [c6.3949](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3949)

nīru-nela, nīr-nela (CITD), Telugu; low lying land irrigated by water from a tank, canal, well, etc.; usually called ‘wet land’ and considered the most valuable. Cf. veli-volamu or veli-cenu, i.e. land on a comparatively higher level, which depends solely on rain and is called ‘dry land’.

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