History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.60

c10.60

⁵⁰ Ibn Batūṭah who visited Bengal in 1346 A.D. on his return from China describes Bengal as a vast country where rice is produced in abundance and where prices are cheap. The traveller was informed by Muhammad Ma‘sūd that he could buy provision for himself, wife and servant, for a year for eight dirhams. They could buy 80 *ritals* of husked rice of Dihli which yielded 50 *ritals* of rice after being thrashed for eight dirhams. The prices of provisions were as follows:—