The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.157
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c22.157
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c22.157
The price of pulse at the end of the 10th century can be worked out from two inscriptions of Rājarāja. (107) The ratio of prices between the pulse and rice, as given in both these records is the same, viz,, 6 : 5 ; 5 nāris of pulse used to cost 6 nāris of rice. In northern India the pulses are usually cheaper than rice, but the thing seems to have been the reverse in the south during our period. From the above price ratio we can conclude that about 25 seers of pulse could be purchased for a rupee in our period.