Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s3.t1.58

c6.s3.t1.58

Among minor workmen, we know the wages of some who were employed in conveying people between Delhi and Firuzabad (a distance of 5 krohs or about 10 miles). The charge of riding a carriage came to 4 Jitals, of mules 6 Jitals, on horseback 12 Jitals and in a palanquin (palki) 25 Jitals.⁴ It is not clear how much the animals cost to keep, or how many persons hired them on an average every month. Very low figures, which are clearly unreliable, are quoted from Bengal for such religious services among Muslims as the butchering of fowl or goats, and the performing of nikah or marriage ceremony.⁵