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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(SEPTEMBER, 1997.
c. 1675.-Y... v. Xerafine. - "Coins and weights in Goa ... The Crazado of gold, 12 Zeraphing. The Zeraphin, 5 Tangoes. The Tango, 5 Vinteens. The Vinteen, 5 Basrooks, whereof 75 make a Tango. And 60 Rees make a Tango." -- Fryer, p. 206.
1676.- Fryer's statement al eqaivalenta (1676) enables us to use the stability of the Venetian sequin as a gauge; we then find the tange gone down to 6 d. and the pardao or xeratin to 2 s. 6 d." - Yule, Hobson-Jobson, 8. v. pardao in Supplt.
1688. - "They (the Siamese) are not more exact as to their weights; in general, they call them ding." - La Loubsre, p. 72.
c. 1750-60.-Y. e. v. tanya. -" Throughout Malabar and Gon, thoy use tangas, vintins, and pardao xeraphin." - Grose, Vol. I. p. 283.
1760.-Y. s. v. brudgrook. "At Goa, the aera pbim is worth 240 Portugal reas, or about 16 d. sterling. 2 reas make a basaraco, 15 basaracos a vintin, 42 vintins a tanga, 4 tangas paru, 2 parues a pagoda of gold." - Grose, Vol. I. p. 282.
1805.-"1 hubba = 1 barleycorn .... 1 dang = 8 barleycorps; 1 dirbum = 48 barleycorns . . . . 1 dirbam = 6 dange. 1 dang=2 hubbas." - Majma'u'l Akhbar in Her klots, vi.
1815.- Y., v. tanga, - "One tungah .... a coin about the value of fivepence." - Malcolm, Hist. of Persia, Vol. II. p. 250.
c. 1820. -"At the present day in Persia the tange seems to be worth only 6 d." - Fraser, Tour, p. 81.
1827. - "A silver tickal or dinga is nerrly the weight of a Madras rupee . . . . Rice Was abundant and cheap, thirty-six seers for a dinga." - Alezander, Trarels, pp. 21, 29.
1828. - "The-words in the original (for the form of assessment) are taka and hon [pagoda). These are names of coins that seem to have no connection with the tenure in question. They perhaps found their way in, instead of the less known toka and hunda, meaning lump or mass." - Campbell, Bom. Gazetteer, Vol. XIII., Thana, p. 565.
1829. - Making a tunkat worth only about 4 d. instead of 2 .. [in Muhammad Tughluq's time]." - Brigge, Ferishtd, Vol. I. p. 410.
1832. - Weights (apothecaries). From the Ulfas Udwiyeh (date?] N. B. (a) signifies Arabic, (p) Persian, (h) Hindoostanee .... masha (h), 8 Ratties; tola (h), 12 måshas; tang (b), 4 máshis; dang (h) dang (h) or danug (h) [?] 4 1/6 ratties; dirrom (p) or dirhum (a) 4 måshås and 1 rutty." - Herklots; Qanoon-e-Islanı, vi.
1832. "Apothecary's weight from a respectable Musulman Practitioner . . . . 1 tola = 12 mishas, 1 tank = 4 mashas .... 1 diran or dirhum = 34 mâchâs .... 1 dam = 4 måshas; dang = 6 rutties." - Herklots, Qanoon-e-Islam, vii. f.
c. 1833. - "Coinage of Nepal ....1 takka 2 mobur 4 rooka =16 Anne80 pgsa 400 dam." - Prinsep, Useful Tables, Thomas' ed. p. 32,85
c. 1833. - "The ser at Bombay is divided into 3 PA's or 72 tanks, or 72 troy grains each . . . . Skr. tanka, tank, Mar. tank or tank." - Prinsep, Useful Tables, Thomas' ed. p. 107.
c. 1833. - "The ser, being liable .... to vary in weight for every article sold, as well as for every market, is generally referred to the common unit in native mercantile dealings, as, “the ser of so many tolas (or sikkas, baris, takas, etc.). The standard or bazar ser being always 80 tolâs." - Prinsey, Useful Tables, Thomas' ed. p. 96.
# At p. 359 Briggs notes on the text "1st class of hors from 100 to 120 funkas" i, e., 160 rupees. He thrs makes a tanka 14 rupees a tiukal.
* Dr. Wright's information in his History of Nepal, 1877. p. 267, f., differs covriderably from this.
