[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900) › c22.s2.3 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c22.s2.3 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c22.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c22.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c22.s2.3) When we come to estimate the amount of gold we are met with a difficulty, as there are many varieties of \*mâns\* in India, the variation being as much as from 19 lbs. in Travancore to 163½ lbs. in Ahmadnagar. The Madras \*mân\* weighs 25 lbs., the Bombay \*mân\* 28 lbs. Hawkins, writing in 1610, gives 55 lbs. to the \*mân\*,¹ Middleton, in 1611, 33 lbs.² Now Firishtah had more to do with Ahmadnagar than any other part of India, and if his estimate was based on the \*mân\* of that tract, Malik Kâfur's 96,000 \*mâns\* of gold would have amounted to the enormous sum of 15,672,000 lbs. weight. It is hardly likely that Firishtah would have had in his mind the Travancore \*mân\*. Even if he was thinking of the Madras \*mân\*, which is not likely, his estimate of the weight of the gold carried off amounted to 2,400,000 lbs. - [Previous: c22.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c22.s2.2) - [Next: c22.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c22.s2.4) - [Up: c22.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c22.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c22.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c22.s2.3) · Pramāṇa