The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.127

c22.127

Inscriptions of Kṛṣṇa III and his Chola contemporaries supply interesting data to determine the prices and the standard of living towards the close of the 10th century. The prices given are usually the barter prices in paddy, but they can be converted into their cash equivalents. A knowledge of the various measures mentioned therein is necessary to work out these prices and the following table, the first two columns of which are borrowed from a table prepared by Hultzsch,⁹⁰ will supply the necessary information.