Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13116
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13116
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c. 1814.—"Those who carry spear and sword have land given them producing 5 *kalams* of rice; those bearing muskets, 7 *kalams*; those bearing the *sarboji*, 9 *kalams*; those bearing the *sanjali* (see GINGALL), or gun for two men, 14 *kalams*. . . ."—*Account of the Maravas, from Mackenzie MSS. in Madras Journal, iv. 360.*