Ancient History PYQ 139 of 208 · Gupta & Post-Gupta Period

What type of land was called ‘Aprahata’?

  1. AUnploughed wild land
  2. BIrrigated land
  3. CLand with dense forests
  4. DPloughed/cultivated land
  5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above

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Correct answer: (a) Unploughed wild land

Explanation

Aprahata was wild, unploughed land that had never been brought under cultivation, a term from the Gupta revenue vocabulary.

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