[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 15.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 15.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 15.1 - **Language:** English ### [15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15.1) When the abovementioned plates have been stamped, the owner of the gold, for the weight of every 100 jalálí goldmuhurs, must furnish 4 sérs of saltpetre, and 4 sérs of brickdust of raw bricks. The plates after having been washed in clean water, are stratified with the above mixture (of the saltpetre and brickdust), and put one above the other, the whole being covered with cowdung, which in Hindi is called uplah. It is the dry dung of the Wild Cow. Then they set fire to it, and let it gently burn, till the dung is reduced to ashes, when they leave it to cool; then these ashes being removed from the sides, are preserved. They are called in Persian khák i khalás, and in Hindí salóní. By a process to be mentioned hereafter, they recover silver from it. The plates, and the ashes below them, are left as they are. This process of setting fire to the dung, and removing the ashes at the sides, is twice repeated. When three fires have been applied, they call the plates sitát. They are then again washed in clean water, and stratified three times with the above mixture, the ashes of the sides being removed. - [Previous: 14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.14.4) - [Next: 15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15.2) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.15.1) · Pramāṇa