A History of Agriculture in India v2.c61.s10.2

v2.c61.s10.2

‘Under Jalal-ud-din Khalji, when there was a famine, corn was sold at one *jital* per seer. Under Muhammad Tughlak, in exceptionally severe conditions, the price of corn rose to 16 and 17 *jitals* per seer. As a result, people began to die of starvation. When Firoz Tughlak attacked Sind and scarcity followed as a result, the price of corn rose to 2 and 3 *tankas* per maund (or 3.2 and 4.8 *jitals* respectively per seer). On his subsequent attack on the same province the corn rose to 8 and 10 *jitals* per 5 seers and the pulses to 4 and 5 *tankas* per maund (or 6.4 and 8 *jitals* per seer respectively).