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Correct Answer: Option (A) — Measurement of land
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Standard Reference VerifiedDuring the Gupta and post-Gupta periods, especially in Bengal inscriptions, terms like 'Kulyavapa', 'Dronavapa', 'Adhavapa', and 'Nivartana' were units of land measurement. The root 'vapa' means sowing; a kulyavapa was the area of land required to sow one kulya of seed grain (1 kulyavapa = 8 dronavapas).
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