The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.228

c22.228

All the arguments advanced from the Dharmaśāstra literature to prove that the price of the cow in the 5th century A.D. was about 12 or 13 Paṇas thus fall to the ground. It cannot be, therefore, argued that the 11th century price, viz., 56 Paṇas was about 500% higher than the 5th century one. There must have been variations of prices in the Hindu period, but they do not seem to have been so great.