[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922) › v1.c19.s9.348 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.348 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.348 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s9.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.348) That there was instability as to the relative value of standard or token coins in place and time we learn from the Vinaya: ‘At that time \[of Bimbisāra or Ajātasattu\], at Rājagaha, five māsakas were equal to one pāda’². Again, the \*nikkha\* was valued now at five³, now at four \*suvaṇṇas\*⁴. - [Previous: v1.c19.s9.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.347) - [Next: v1.c19.s9.349](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.349) - [Up: v1.c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.348) · Pramāṇa