The Colas c31.19

c31.19

Examples of various types of the gold *kāśu* deviating more or less from the standard have been given already. The gold content of the *kāśu* is clearly stated in several inscriptions, and it seems probable that in such statements, the standard of fineness adopted was that of the *māḍai*; this is, however, expressly mentioned only in some cases. About A.D. 1063, inscriptions from the North Arcot district seem to mention two varieties of *kāśu* containing 8·356 and 7 *mañjāḍis* respectively of standard gold;⁴⁷ a *kāśu* of a little over 6 *mañjāḍis* occurs in an inscription of 1077 from Tiruvorriyūr,⁴⁸ of 6·813 *mañjāḍis* in a record 1111 from Tiruvāḍuturai;⁴⁹ and of exactly 6½ *mañjāḍis* in 1122 at Tiruvārūr.⁵⁰ Another inscription from the Tanjore district, A.D. 1133, mentions a *kāśu* of the weight of three-fourths of a *kaḷañju*,⁵¹ a coin which seems to have still kept up the weight of the old *māḍai* of the *gadyāṇa* standard. Even so late as 1152 a *kāśu* of the gold content of a third of a *kaḷañju* is mentioned in an inscription from Ālanguḍi.