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Measurements of area used in ancient Sri Lanka was a system derived from paddy agriculture. [6] Area was often measured in terms of the land that could be sown with a specific amount of seed or rice, including the Pǣla, Amuna, Kiriya (4 amunas), and the Riyana. In one region, a Kiriya was about 8 acres. [5]
In Assam, a bigha is 14,400 square feet (1,340 m 2) or 1,600 sq yard.One bigha is divided into 5 Katha. [2] [3] Each Katha consists of 20 Lessa.Hence each Katha is 2,880 square feet (268 m 2) in area, although this may vary within different regions of Assam. 4 bighas together are further termed as a Pura.
One dhur is subdivided in 20 dhurki. The origin of the term and measurement unit was during the Pala Empire. [1] 1 Decimal = 435.6 square feet & 1 Acre = 100 decimal. [2] [3] In Patna & Arrah, 1 Katha is equal to 1,361.25 ft 2 or 3.125 decimal. [4] 1 Hectare = 3.95 bigha = 79 Katha; 1 Acre = 1.6 bigha = 32 Katha; 1 Bigha = 27,225 ft 2 = 20 Katha
1 katha = 20 dhur; 1 bigha = 20 katha; Hilly and mountainous regions. A different system is used in hilly regions: 1 paisa = 4 dam (daam) 1 ana (aana) = 4 paisa [2] 1 ropani = 16 ana; Conversions 1 ropani = 74 feet × 74 feet; 1 bigha = 13 Ropani 5 Anna; 1 kattha = 442 square yards or 338 square meters [7]
Ingiriya (Sinhala: ඉංගිරිය; Tamil: இங்கிரிய) is a city in Kalutara District of Western Province, Sri Lanka, near the border with Sabaragamuwa Province. The city is the meeting point of the Rathnapura–Panadura, Ingiriya–Padukka and Ingiriya–Bulathsinhala roads.
More than 90% of Sri Lanka's surface lies on Precambrian strata, some of it dating back 2 billion years. [6] The granulite facies rocks of the Highland Series (gneisses, sillimanite-graphite gneisses, quartzite, marbles, and some charnockites) make up most of the island and the amphibolite facies gneisses, granites, and granitic gneisses of the Vijayan Series occur in the eastern and ...
In Jaffna, Sri Lanka For House property 1 Parappu = 1 Lacham = 10 Perches; 16 Parappu = 1 Acre; Varaku Culture (V.C.) 18 kulies = 1 lacham; 16 lachams = 1 acre; Paddy Culture (P.C.) 12 kulies = 1 lacham; 24 lachams = 1 acre
[1] [2] In Afghanistan, however, it is standardized at 2,000 square metres (0.49 acres). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The jerib was roughly equivalent to the other customary land measures in south Asia and the Middle East, the Indian bigha and the Sumerian iku , varying between 1,600 and 3,600 square metres (0.40 and 0.89 acres).