Volume 1
A journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar. Performed under the orders of the most noble the Marquis Wellesley, governor general of India, for the express purpose of investigating the state of agriculture, arts, and commerce; the religion, manners, and customs; the history natural and civil, and antiquities, in the dominions of the rajah of Mysore, and the countries acquired by the Honourable East India company / by Francis Buchanan. Pub. under the authority ... of the Honourable the directors of the East India company.
- Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
- Date:
- 1807
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar. Performed under the orders of the most noble the Marquis Wellesley, governor general of India, for the express purpose of investigating the state of agriculture, arts, and commerce; the religion, manners, and customs; the history natural and civil, and antiquities, in the dominions of the rajah of Mysore, and the countries acquired by the Honourable East India company / by Francis Buchanan. Pub. under the authority ... of the Honourable the directors of the East India company. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![have done, he at the same time granted one tenth of the whole to CHAPTER the Brahmans. In some places the Brahmans received their share by an estimate of the quantity of seed sown ; but in other places ^une 22*&c* the land was measured. The standard for this measure was the Acsaya Muttadu colu, a rod equal in length to the height of the king, who was a tall man. The rod is not equal to the double Gujah of Tippoo, but may be taken at six feet. The whole land of each village was measured out into small plots, ten rods, or sixty feet, square; by which we may judge of the state, in the art of geometry, to which the subjects of the greatest Hindu monarch had, about three centuries ago, arrived. Having assembled the most respectable traders here, they gave Priceofgoods me the accompanying price current, as the average rate of sale of at ^an^alore’ the principal articles of commerce. In order to make the valuation uniform, the value of the Fanam is taken at the exchange of Seringapatam. Average price current at Bangalore. Goods sold by the Maund of 42f Seers. Kind of Good*. > Quality. Sultany Fanams. Englis h Money. Cwt- £. s. d._ Maund Cwt. Betel-nut ----- Deshavara ----- 20^ 90| 3 0 8| Sandal-wood - - - - Nagara 1st sort - - - 12 52! 1 15 1 -2d sort - - - 10 43A 1 9 2 -3d sort - - - 8 34| 1 3 4 Walagram 1st sort - - 8 34l 1 3 4 •- 2d sort - - 6 26Vo 0 17 6} - 3d sort - - 5 21i^ 0 14 7 Arula]/, or Myrobalans - - H 6i 0 4 4i Cardamoms ----- Ghettadu - - - - - 100 434 14 11 8 Tripat hi - - - - 50 217 7 5 10 Cut, or Terra japonica White ------ 16 6.91 2 6 8 Red - - - - - - 14 60to 2 0 10 Black ----- 12 52| 1 15 1 Asafcetida ----- Multany - - - - - - 200 86 8 29 11 4 Codeal - — - - - - 160 695 23 6 8 Bad. 120 521! 17 10 10](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30455091_0001_0239.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
