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According to Oldenberg, Khila was the unfertile land which lay between cultivated fields. The nature of the soil as containing sarkara (salty), sikatā (sandy) and aśmān (stony) was recognised. The Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā (XVI.43) mentions lands of many kinds, such as tracts in hill area, open plains, stream land, slopes and undulating regions, flat surfaces with green pastures, low fertile regions and cultivable lands with homesteads (Roy, pp.118-20).