The History of Bengal (Vol. I: Hindu Period; Vol. II: Muslim Period 1200–1757) v1.c19.s9.29
The History of Bengal (Vol. I: Hindu Period; Vol. II: Muslim Period 1200–1757) v1.c19.s9.29
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⁵⁵⁶ The Bengali Charyā-padas (supra pp. 383 ff.) refer to the use of kavadi (cowrie) and vodi (budi) (BGD. 26). There is nothing to be surprised at in the use of cowrie even in a commercially developed community, for, even as late as 1750 A.D., duties were collected in Calcutta in cowries and many bazar transactions were also in cowries (Wheeler, Early Records of British India, p. 223). ² Lectures on Ancient Indian Numismatics, pp. 139, 176. ³ IHQ. viii. 597. ⁴ Ibid. 599.