(1)The most important classes of cultivated land are as follows :-(a)barani : dependent on rainfall ;(b)sailab : flooded or kept permanently moist by river ;(c)abi : watered by lift from tanks, jhils, streams, or by flow from springs ;(d)nahri : irrigated by Canals by flows or lift ; and(e)chahi : watered from wells(2)The most important classes of uncultivated land are as follows :-(a)banjar qadim: land which has remained unsown for eight successive harvests ; and(c)ghair mumkin : land which has for any reason become unculturable, such as land under roads, buildings, streams, canals, tank, or the like, or land which is barren sand, or ravines.
