Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c6.29

c6.29

| Quantities. | Approximate modern equivalents. |
| ½ bhāra of meadow-grass (यवस) . . . . . 1½ seer. | |
| 1½ bhāra of straw (तृण) . . . . . . 3 seers. | |
| 1 tulā of oil-cakes, with cheese² if necessary to make them more palatable . . . . . . 2⅔ chataks. | |
| 10 āḍhakas of bran (कणकुण्ड) . . . . . . 12 chataks. | |
| 5 palas of salt (मुखलवण) . . . . . . 2⅔ sikis (about ½ kancha). | |
| 1 prastha of drink (पान) . . . . . . 1½ kancha. | |
| 1 tulā of मांस, i.e. fleshy part or pulp of fruits . 2⅔ chataks. | |
| 1 droṇa of barley (यव) or of cooked bean (माष) . 4½ chataks. | |
| 1 āḍhaka of curd (दधि) . . . . . . 1½ chatak. | |
| 1 droṇa of milk (क्षीर) . . . . . . 4½ chataks. | |
| ½ āḍhaka of liquor (सुरा) . . . . . . 2⅔ kanchas. | |
| 1 prastha of oil or ghee (स्नेह) . . . . . 1½ kancha. | |
| 10 palas of molasses (क्षार) . . . . . . 4½ sikis. | |
| 1 pala of ginger (अद्रिवेर) may be substituted for drink (पान) . . . . . . . . . ½ or about ½ siki. | |
| 1 kuḍumba of oil for rubbing over the nose (तैलकु-डुम्बोनखं) . . . . . . . . . 1½ siki.³ | |