gS ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



20 capardacasy (hells, or cowries = i cachu. 

 4 cachu ==z J pana, carjhdpandy 



or carjhica. 

 id para (= i pur ana oi fhells) 3= 1 bherma of filver. 

 16 bhermas = I #z/&*0 of filver. 



It may be inferred that one ihell is valued at one 

 ratlica of copper -, one pana of fhells at one pana of 

 copper ; and fixty-four panas y at one t'olaca of filver, 

 which is equal in weight to one pana of copper. And 

 it feems remarkable that the comparative value of fil- 

 ver, copper, and fhells, is nearly the fame at this 

 time as it was in the days of Bha'scara*. 



On the meafures of grain Go'pa'la Bhatta' quotes 

 the authority of feveral purdnas. 



Var aba pur ana: 1 majhtiy or handful = 1 pala, 



2 palas s= 1 prafriti. 



8 muftis = 1 cunchu 



8 cunchis — 1 pufhcala. 



4 puftjcalas = 1 ad'haca. 



4 ad'bacas = I drSna. 



Bhazvijhycpurana : 2 palas = 1 prajriti. 



1 prajritis = 1 cudava. 

 4 cudavas = 1 praftba. 

 4. prafthas = I ad*baca. 

 4 ad'bacas = 1 drona. 



2 drbnas = 1 cumb'ha> 



offurpa. 

 16 drbnas = 1 cbariy or 



Jhari. 



* The comparative value of filver and copper was the fame in 

 the reign of Acee * ; for the dfl'ra, weighing live ta/za, or twenty 

 maJJias , of copper, was valued at the fortieth part of the Jtlali 

 rvpiya. weighing twelve majhas and a half of pure filver ; whence 

 we have again the proportion of fixty-four to one. 



