With reference to the history of India, the terms "kulyavapa" and "dronavapa" denote
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Answer: A. Kulyavapa and dronavapa were units of land measurement mentioned in Gupta-period land grant inscriptions, especially from Bengal. They were based on the amount of seed needed to sow the land.
Watch for: '-vapa' sounds Sanskrit and ritual-like, misleading students to option D.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because these were land units, not coins; Gupta coins were dinara and others.
- C. Wrong because they measured mainly agricultural land, not urban land.
- D. Wrong because they were not rituals.
Source to check: R.S. Sharma, India's Ancient Past, Chapter on Gupta period; Upinder Singh, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India, Chapter 9
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