Part II. An account of the Money of A^TI > J 



Fig. 12. The Shells. Fig.ii. A Silver-Mamoudi, which is the Money of 

 Gnz-erat. Fig. 14. Half a Mamoudi. i=7g. iy. The Almond. 



I have mark'd two forts of Roupies, the one fquare, the other round. The 

 fquare one is as they coin'd it anciently j the round ones, are as they make 

 them at this day. 



The Money of a King and two RajaV, all three Tributaries to 



the Great Mogul. 



MAton-cha is a Tributary to the Great Mogul ; yet he has power to coin Mo- 

 ney. When you are at Agra, the Territories of this King lye to the North ; 

 and before vou can come at thermvou muft pafs over very high and cragged Moun- 

 tains. Tis a good Country, where are all things neeeflary for the fupport of humane 

 life, except Rice, which is a great inconvenience to the Inhabitants, who being all 

 Idolaters, are depriv'd thereby of their chiefeft delicacies, in regard they feed upon 

 nothing (b heartily as upon Rice. They have excellent Corn, and Grapes, but they 

 make no Wine, though they make fome Aqua Vit&. They want neither Oxen nor 

 Cows 5 but their Horles are little, weak, and ill-fhap'd. All the Trade which 

 thefe people have # with their .Neighbours, is in Copper, whereof they < have 

 two extraordinary Mines, from whence they furnifh the greateft part of the 

 Mogul's Territories ; out of which they have Salt in Exchange, not having 

 any of their own. This Salt cofts them dear, in regard it is four months tra- 

 vel to the place where they fetch it, that is to fay, from the Territories of 

 Maton-cha to the Indian Coaft towards Bucaim. Thev travel upon Oxen, and 

 the fame Oxen earn' their Copper. There muft be alfo fome Mines of Lapis- 

 hazjtli and Garnets in that Country, in regard they bring feveral from thence. 



Fig. i, and 2. is the Money of Maton-cha. 



Fig. 1. is the Silver-Money, which weighs not above one dram and 19 grains, 

 and is of the fame goodnefs as the Roupv. The half-Roupy goes for if Sous, 

 and this for 16 Sous,<\vhich is fix and a half pa- Cent. more. But certain it is,that the 

 more Northward you travel that way, Gold and Silver is more fcarce. Fig. 2. 

 Thelc pieces of Copper go for the value of a Fecha of the Great Mogul j they 

 are heavier by half, but the Copper is not Co good as that of Pegu or japan. 



Fig. 3, and 4. is the Money of the Raja of Part a Jajoumola. 



The Raja of Part a fajtwmola, is one of the great Raja's on the other fide of the 

 Ganges. His Territories are diredly North of Patna, nigh to the great Mogul's, 

 to whom he is Tributary, and bordering upon the King of Bantam. He is bound 

 every year to fend an Embalfador with twenty Elephants to the Gover- 

 nour of Patna, who fends them to the Great McguL The greateft part of 

 his revenue confifts in Elephants, Musk, and Rhubarb. He lays alfo a great 

 Impofition upon Salt, as well that which is fpent by his own Subjeds, as 

 upon that which is carried abroad. This is all Sea-coaft Salt, which comes 

 fron; the Territories of the Great Mogul, and is brought from the Sea-coaft 

 to Ganges, and fo over Ganges is carried as far as the fiftieth and five and 

 fiftieth Degree. They lade above iyodoo Oxen; and for every burthen they 

 pay a Roupy at the Salt-Pits, and no more afterwards through the whole King- 

 dom. Had this Raja of Part* Salt of his own, he would never be Tributary 

 to the Great Mogul. 



Fig. 5- ^ and 6. is the Money of the Raja of Ogen. 



The Raja of Ogcn is alfo a Tributary to the Great Mogul-, his Country lies 

 between Bramponr, Scrongc, and Amadabat ; and it is one of the beft Soils in 



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