Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s3.t2.24

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c6.s3.t2.24

It was a popular proverb among the foreign Muslim merchants (the Khorasanis) that ‘Bengal is a hell full of good things’, which indicates the extremely cheap cost of living and the unhealthy climate of the province.³ Gulbadan Begum considered life very cheap at Amarkot in Rajputana, considering that one rupee fetched four goats there.¹

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