The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c11.t14.1

c11.t14.1

(Kashmir¹ had always given small produce, as Kalhana writes in the *Râja-tarangiṇî*, because it was liable to be flooded by the waters of the Mahâpadma Lake and was intersected by many streams. But during the reign of Avanti-varman (833—58) a phenomenal economic revolution was brought about so that the price of a *khâri* of rice fell from 200 to 36 *dinars*. This marvelous result is attributed by the Hindu historian to the engineering feats of the "illustrious" Sûyyâ, the *anna-pati* (lord of food).)