UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2020

With reference to the history of India, the terms 'kulyavapa' and 'dronavapa' denote

  1. measurement of land
  2. coins of different monetary value
  3. classification of urban land
  4. religious rituals

Answer

Correct Answer

measurement of land

Explanation

Gupta-era inscriptions from eastern India use kulyavapa, dronavapa and adhavapa as land measures, the area needed to sow a kulya, drona or adhaka of grain.

Topics: ancient india, gupta period - economy & society, history, land measurement terms - kulyavapa & dronavapa