Indian Epigraphy c16.s6.45

c16.s6.45

¹ Instead of *aṣṭaka-navaka-nalena* in the singular, we have sometimes *aṣṭaka-navaka-nalābhyām* in the dual and *ṣaṭka-naḍaiḥ* in the plural. See *Select Inscriptions*, pp. 281, 349. It is thus not impossible that the numbers refer to the length of the rods in cubits. Pargiter did not consider the price, viz. 4 gold *Dināras* = 64 silver *Rūpakas*, at which a *Kulyavāpa* of waste land was sold (cf. *Select Inscriptions*, p. 343 note). If 6 Indo-British Rupees of 1912 were equal to one Akbarī Rupee (cf. Moreland, *India at the Death of Akbar*, p. 52), the purchasing power of a Gupta *Rūpaka* was more than 12 Rupees of 1912. The price of one *Bighā* of good land in most parts of the Faridpur District was even much less than Rs. 64 in 1912.