Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s3.t2.2

c6.s3.t2.2

Let us begin with famine prices. Under Jalal-ud-din Khalji when there was a famine, corn was sold at one Jital per seer.¹ Under Muhammad Tughluq, in exceptionally severe conditions, the price of corn rose to 16 and 17 Jitals per seer.² As a result, people began to die of starvation.² Similarly when Firuz Tughluq attacked Sind and scarcity followed as a result, the price of corn rose to 2 and 3 Tankas per maund (or 3.2 and 4.8 Jitals respectively per seer).³ On his subsequent attack on the same province the corn rose to 8 and 10 Jitals per 5 seers and the pulses to 4 and 5 Tankas per maund (or 6.4 and 8 Jitals per seer respectively).¹