Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c11.160

c11.160

Taking the common rate of one-third as the chargeable revenue, the total value of food grains produced in Akbar’s time would be 52 kror and 35 lakh rupees, Akbar’s dam was 1/40 of his rupee and his *man* was of 28 *sers* of today.¹¹³ And although the prices of high class food items, like good quality rice, had gone up since the days of Firoz Tughlaq, the ordinary quality food stuffs were, by and large, cheap. On the average about 8(to 10) dams bought one *man* (of 28 *sers*) of foodgrains in Akbar’s time,¹¹⁴ and one rupee 5 mans (of 28 *sers* each) and 3½ maunds (of 40 *sers* each) of today.