Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c40.s3.t1.9
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c40.s3.t1.9
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The copper māṣa was a sub-multiple of the copper kārṣāpaṇa and weighed 5 rattis, i.e., one-sixteenth of a tāmrika-paṇa of 80 rattis. The kākaṇī and ardha-kākaṇī copper coins were not mentioned by Pāṇini, and became common later during the period of Kauṭilya.