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

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

Answer: A

Explanation

Gupta Economy: The agricultural crops constituted the main resources which the society produced and the major part of the revenue of the state came from the agriculture.Various types of land are mentioned in the inscriptions; land under cultivation was usually called Kshetra, Khila was the uncultivable land, Aprahata was the jungle or forest land, Gopata Sarah was the pasture land and Vasti was the habitable land. Different land measures were known in different regions such as Nivartana, Kulyavapa and Dronavapa. In the inscriptions of Bengal terms like Kulyavapa and Dronavapa are used. It is not possible to classify the regions precisely according to the crops grown, but all the major categories of crops – cereals like barley, wheat and paddy, different varieties of pulses, grams and vegetables as well as cash crops like cotton and sugarcane – were known long before the Gupta period and continued to be cultivated.