A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s2.127
A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s2.127
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his day about the value of a Flemish dollar. The general value assigned in more recent days to the pagoda is 3½ rupees, or seven shillings when the rupee stands at par value. (See Yule and Burnell's Dictionary, "Hobson-Jobson," s.v. "pagoda" and "pardao." Yule apparently values it, at the period treated of, as about 4s. 6d.) Barros and Castanheda both agree with Paes that the pardao was worth 360 reis. (Below, p. 282.)