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

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

Solution

Kulyavapa and dronavapa were land-measurement units used during the Gupta period in eastern India (areas required to sow one kulya or drona of grain). Answer: (a).

Asked in: UPSC Prelims 2020

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