تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 16.1.5

16.1.5

In the country places of these parts (Farakh Abad) also the weights vary, no one having been established. According to Mr. Shakespear, the Calcutta rupee was by an order of the English government in India, in 1793, fixed to the weight of 179| grains (troy) : but, whether our writer reckons by this standard or not, it is more than I can positively say: it is most likely that he does, as the work was written for a servant of the Company CL^\j j---' Mr. Robert Batiras? perhaps Patterson) in 1806. of flesh; and of fermented liquors, oil, oil-olive, and the betel-nut, many Ritls; and also many of the betel-leaf.