A History of Agriculture in India v2.c65.s18.1

v2.c65.s18.1

'This is the best provided city in the world', states Paes, 'and is stocked with provisions such as rice, wheat, grains, *jowar* and a certain amount of barley and beans, *moong*, pulses, horse-gram, and many other seeds which grow in this country which are the food of the people, and there is large store of these and very cheap; but wheat is not so common as the other grains, since no one eats it except the Moors. The streets and markets are full of laden oxen without count.'