[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935) › c6.s3.t3.2 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s3.t3.2 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s3.t3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s3.t3.2) The author of \*Masalik-ul-absar\*, on the authority of his informants cites the case of a person named Khojandi. Along with three other friends, Khojandi was served with a meal consisting of roast beef, bread and butter, the total cost of which came to one Jital.² If we calculate on this basis, and take two meals a day as the diet of an average person it will work out at 15 Jitals per month. Putting 5 Jitals extra for the morning breakfast, the average dietary expenses of one person would come to 20 Jitals per month. If we make a similar allowance for clothes and other expenses, the maximum cost would not exceed one Tanka per month. A family consisting of a man, his wife, a servant, and one or two children could thus live on 5 Tankas for a whole month. This, however, does not allow for social and economic variability and is a rough calculation.³ - [Previous: c6.s3.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s3.t3.1) - [Next: c6.s3.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s3.t3.3) - [Up: c6.s3.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s3.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s3.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c6.s3.t3.2) · Pramāṇa