مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار 2.110

2.110

Their breeds and shapes differ, and their fodder according to these differences. I will tell you the most each elephant needs per day and the least. The most it needs per day is forty raṭls of rice, sixty raṭls of barley, twenty raṭls of ghee and half a load of grass. As for what their keepers and attendants need, that is a large sum and many things. He said: The superintendent (shiḥna) of the elephants is a great man among the grandees of the state.