________________
APRIL, 1898.]
1500
Ain Akhart, Blochmann Ed, p. 31 ff.
jêtal 25 dâm (paisa).
...
......
9 mohar (gold).
punko 4 dhan
CURRENCY AND COINAGE AMONG THE BURMESE.
BY R. C. TEMPLE. (Continued from p. 67.)" E.Bengal.83 (a) Money.
40 rupee (silver). 30 ropia
2 crown
4 ruttee 18 masha 2 tola...
1838
tola...
5 chittack
Bengal Regulation.
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CURRENCY AND COINAGE AMONG THE BURMESE.
1833
1838
Mardelslö, Travels, p. 37.
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peyse
16 seer...
40 maund (824 lbs.)
Bengal Regulation.
!!!
...
1739
A. Hamilton, East Indies, Vol. II., Appx., p. 7.
couries 80 poan
32 to 36 rupee
c. 1838
Stevens, Guide, pp. 90, 129.
(b) Troy Weights.
dhân
4 rati (carat).. 8 masha
12 tôla...
12 annoe 16 rupee
.........
1775
Prinsep, Useful Tables, p. 98 f.
...
tôla... 5 chhatûk
pice
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(c) Avoirdupois Weight.
o. 1833
16 ser...
5 pansêrî (visâ) 8 man96
20 khan (mil)
⠀⠀⠀⠀
Prinsep, Useful Tables, pp. 96, 112,
...
⠀⠀⠀⠀
1776
Stevens, Guide, pp. 96, 129.
pice
4 fanam
viz...
1
2 ana83
16 rupee85 crown (ecu).
2
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c. 1833
Act XXI., Prinsep, Useful Tables, p. 77.
2 anna ...16 rupee
pie
3 pice
2 double pice
pât
12 ânâ
16 tôla (180 grs.)
4 powah
4 seer
1835
Prinsep, Useful Tables, p. 96 f.
1897
5 passeree
8 maund
Calcutta Bazaar Weights.
sicki
5 kancha (1 tola)
4 chittack
85
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3 Stevens, or his printer, oddly enough (p. 129) mixes up "Callicat and Callicutta" under Bengal, an indication perhaps of the relative value of Bengal as a possession on those days.
Also 10 ana= 1 fiano,
Also called tole.
55 38 rupees 1 pagoda. se The "Bengal Factory mannd," 1787, was 10% higher than the modern British Indian maund; 3 factory maunds being made to equal 2 cwt, to save calculations in remittances to England: p. 104.
