Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s3.t3.1

c6.s3.t3.1

There is almost no evidence from which to estimate the average cost of living. For one reason, among others, the standard of living differed so much from one class to another that it is impossible to work out an average. We have already observed the difference between the lives of the peasants and those of the upper classes, which was almost antipodal. Still it will help us to form at least a vague and tentative idea.