90 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIII, 



tity, 22t. 9m. l\s. burn away in melting, and mix with the 

 Khak-i-khalaQ , so that 107*. 4m. l^s. of pure gold remain which 

 are coined into 105 muhrs, leaving a remainder of nearly half a 

 tolah of gold, the value of which is 4 rupees. From the Khahi- 

 JchalaQ, are recovered 2t. 11m. is. of gold and lit Mm. 4|$. of 

 silver, the value of both of which is 35 rupees, I2| tangahs, so 

 that altogether, the above-mentioned quantity of gold yields 105 

 Muhrs, 39 Rs, and 25 dams. (Ain-i-Akbari, Tr. Blochmann, I, 

 37). 



It is easy to see that this total of 39 rupees, 26 Dams is 

 made up by adding the 4 rupees which are stated to be the 

 market-price of the residuary half-tolfih of gold and the 35 Rs. 

 12J Tangahs which represent the aggregate money-value of the 

 gold and silver bullion recovered from the Khak-i-khalnr. In 

 other words. 



(4 Rs.) + (31 R s . 4- \2\ Tangahs) 



= 39 Rs. + 25 Dams, i.e. \2\ Tangahs = 25 Dams. 



•\ 1 Tangah-2 Dams. 



Then again, in Abul-Fazl's account of the Subab of 

 Berar, we read : 



"This Subah contains 16 Sarkars and 142 Perganahs. 



From an early period, the revenues were taken by a valuation 



of crops and since the Tankah of this country is equal to 8 of 



Dehli, the gross revenue was 3$ krors of Tankahs or 56 krors of 

 Dams." _ 



Ain-i-Akbari, Tr. Jatrett, II. 231. 



Now if 3± krors of Berari tankas = m krors of darns, 



1 Berari tanka- 16 dams. 

 And we are also told that 



1 Berari tankd^S tankas of Dehli. 

 But we have seen that 



1 Berari tanka = 1 6 dams. 

 8 Tankas of Dehli = 16 dams. 



• 9 



1 Tanka of Dehli = 2 dams 



All the above passages are from contemporary writers. Xizauiu- 

 d-dm Ahmad, Badaoni, and the author of the Mirat-i-Sikan- 

 clan all speak of a tanka called Muradi which was clearly 

 e A T i i* t0 , *¥ one - twent 'eth part of a rupee or two dams- 

 Abul Jjazl also twice speaks of a tangah or a " tankah of Delhi 

 which was equal to two dams. Let me now quote two referen- 



it is callorl Rs«.»,ir- • , auove ten degrees of fineness : whilst in inu.«, 



Hun which fa In™'- " they have twelve *P« Formerly, the old 



