Mughal Administration c9.s8.40

c9.s8.40

40. From every waggon of grass or millet-stalk in several places they take one bundle, and in the case of fire-wood five seers. And when loads of these are carried on men's heads, they take four *badams* from each. [*Mirat*, 260. *Karbi*—the stalk of millets, &c., used in feeding cattle. *Badam* or almond was used in Gujrat as a sort of counter, like *cowries* in North India; 100 *badams* make one anna. (K. M. Jhaveri.)]