[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c7.75 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c7.75 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c7.75 - **Language:** English ### [c7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c7.75) bhūmi-cchidra-nāyena or °cchidra-pidhāna-vyāyena, ‘in accordance with the principle of cultivating the land for the first time and enjoying it free of taxes as a result’. The word chidra in the first means ‘cultivation’ and chidra-pidhāna in the second ‘reclamation of uncultivable land for the first time.’ Sometimes vidhāna is wrongly used for pidhāna. See Ind. Ep., pp. 397-98. - [Previous: c7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c7.74) - [Next: c7.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c7.76) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c7.75) · Pramāṇa