Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c10.s3.15

v1.c10.s3.15

The shops of the nagaras ten visa each a year; the gold merchants ten visa each a year; the sthala gavaregaḷu one paṇa a year per sack; the gavare of other countries one hāga a year per sack; for camphor, musk, kumkuma, sandal, pearls, and all such articles sold by weight, two kāṇi per ponnu; cloth merchants of the place and foreign cloth merchants, two kāṇi per ponnu; for black pepper, cummin seed, mustard, sada flower, bishop's weed and coriander one visa per pon; for sugar, assafoetida, dry ginger, long pepper, cardamoms, green ginger, turmeric, and all fibres and roots sold by weight, one visa per pon.