The Rashtrakutas and their Times c18.s1.32

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(2) The second of the three Kongu inscriptions, edited by Kittel, (16) gives us some idea of the taxation under the Gangas, who were for some time the feudatories and for some time the neighbours of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas. The record informs us that Beli-ur, which consisted of 12 hamlets, used to pay 80 golden coins and 800 measures of paddy. Since the inscription hails from Coorg, the gold coins were probably Kalanjus and the measure of paddy a kalam. The latter measure differed in different localities from about 36 to 72 maunds. (17) The Government tax on Beli-ur and its 12 hamlets amounted to 20 tolas of gold or 300 tolas of silver and about 4000 maunds of paddy *i. e.* 1600 maunds of rice.. It will be shown in chapter XVI that ten kalams of paddy measuring about 400 seers used to cost about a kalanju or a quarter of atol a of gold. If the kalam of this place was of the same measure, the total government demand would have amounted to 40 tolas of gold or 600 tolas of silver. In modern figures this may amount to about Rs. 800.