تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 10.10.1

10.10.1

The people of Hind sow twice a year. When the rain falls among them in the hot season they sow the autumn crop and harvest it sixty days after sowing. Among these autumn grains they have kudhrū, with u on the k, no vowel on the dotted dh, u on the r and then w; it is a kind of millet, and this kudhrū is the most abundant of their grains. Among them is qāl, with q, which resembles anlī […].