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M. M. Chakravarti —Troy weights of ancient Orissa. [No. 1, 
II. In the time of Ananga Bliima Deva. (The latter part of the 
12th century A. D.) 
JTTY f 3\T Y ^TT *TT \ V 
*TT ^$1° ^ | 
“Total of the two cowries 281250 kalians. At the rate of 15 
kalians per one marha of jiti gold =■ 18750 marhas.” 
1 marha of gold = 5 marhas of silver 
= about 350 grains of silver 
= 15 kalians of cowries 
a rupee of 165 grains (pure silver) = 
165 x 15 
350 
kahans. 
= 7^ kahans. 
III. In the time of Purushottama Deva (1470—1497 A. D.) 
1 tankah = 8 kahans. 
This tankah is probably one of the Bahmani kings, described by 
Thomas.* Thomas does not give the weights, probably because the 
weights were nearly the same as those of the contemporary Delhi kings. 
Only one, I find, is stated to have been 165 grains.f The pure silver 
would not have been more than 160 grains in these tankahs, 
/. a rupee of 
165 grains = 
165x8 
160 
a 
= 8^ kahans. 
IV. ’Ain-i-Akbari of Abul Fazl (1590 A. D. circa) J 
1 rupee = 10 kahans. 
Akbar’s rupee was of pure silver nearly and 175 grains in weight,§ 
. ™ • 165x10 
rupee of 165 grains = — 
= 9-f kahans. 
VI. In the time of Gopinatha Deva (1726 A. D.), an owl sat upon 
the crown of Jagannath accidentally. A purificatory bath with yajha 
had to be performed in consequence. The Madala Panji gives details 
from which it appears that in the bazar 
1 tankah = 2 kahans 2 pans of cowries. 
But in the account one tanka was calculated at 2 kahans, 3 pans. Taking 
the higher value, I find 
1 tankah (of the Mughal emperors) 
= 175 grains 
# Thomas’ Chronicles, pp. 342, 346. 
f Thomas, ibid., p. 342. 
t Gladwin’s Translation, Yol. II, p. 15. 
§ Prinsep’s Useful Tables, Yol. II, p, 22 (Ed. Thomas). 
