Abstract
Once a land of agriculture in Bengal had a very complicated system. The soil of the Indus Valley is fertile as any other land in the world. So far as we know from Hindu common law that the right to the occupation of land vests in the person who first makes a beneficial use of the soil. In the present paper an attempt has been made to analyze the characteristics and management of land in ancient Bengal. In that period land was plenty and many villages were in the process of formation that no one would undertake to clean a spot unless he has to enjoy it on a permanent basis.