[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier) › [Travels in India (Ball)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball) › 67 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 67: BOOK II Travels in India (Ball) 67 - **Language:** English ### [67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.67) India, where I have spoken of the maund and of the seer. It is still necessary to say a word about the cubit. The cubit is a measure for all goods which can be measured by the ell, and there are different kinds, as we have different kinds of ells in Europe. It is divided into 24 tassus, and as the greater part of the goods of India are delivered at Surat, there is represented on the margin a figure of the fourth part of a cubit of the town of Surat, divided into six tassus. I ought to commence this list of goods with the most precious of all, namely diamonds and coloured stones; but, as that subject is somewhat extensive, and is the most important of my accounts, I shall give it separate treatment, and only mention in this chapter silks, cloths, cottons, spices, and drugs, which are the five classes which include all the kinds of merchandise obtained from India. - [Previous: 66.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.66.4) - [Next: 68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.68) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.67) · Pramāṇa