[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) › c8.6 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.6 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.6 - **Language:** English ### [c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.6) ² We are given to understand that the region of ‘Sawalak’ lay in the neighbourhood of Gujarat and Malwa and may have corresponded to what is now called Rajputana. The figure of population put for ‘Sawalak’ (which means a lac and a quarter) is so closely related to the literal meaning of the term, that it suggests a certain correlation which though fanciful, is not altogether unlikely. - [Previous: c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.5) - [Next: c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.7) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.6) · Pramāṇa