A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s2.123
A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s2.123
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² A small gold coin, of which it is very difficult to assess the exact value. Abdur Razzâk (1443) apparently makes it equal to the half pagoda; Varthema (1503-7) to the pagoda itself; and this latter is the sense in which we must take it. Varthema calls it a “gold ducat.” Purchas says it was in