The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.62

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therefore about a quarter of a tola in weight.⁴⁵ It must be, however, remembered that there were some local variations in its weight; thus an inscription⁴⁶ refers to a gift of 25 Kaḷanjus for a perpetual lamp weighed by the balance used in the case of charitable edicts. A record of the time of Parāntaka I mentions Kaḷanjus weighed by a stone called after Vedelvidugu, which was the surname of the Pallava king Tellarareinda Nandipottaraiyar.⁴⁷ Since the actual weight of the Kaḷanju seed varied by a few grains, it would seem that the standard was specifically determined by the state from time to time. The variation could not have been of more than a few grains.