Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 42
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[MAY, 1913.
The tampang another informant said was current at ten sen, the sen (cent) being equal to ten duits. This however only showed a later equivalence with the kupang. It was stated to be a Selangor measure.
The only tin equivalences I could get were that the buaya, crocodile', was worth 50 duit ayam, that two buaya made ono tampang, and that the bidor equalled the suku (quarter dollar). "Datoh mēraděndakan orang 100 bidor, the Chief fined the people 100 bidor," which was equivalent to 25 dollars.84
“The people in Pahang used gold coins konděri, busok, lada, mayam (the big one).” Ratios I could not get. " They used the tin tampang and képing," but here again ratios were not forthcoming. "They did not use the bidor or buaya." Perak seems to have used the gambar, bəlalang, ayam, buaya, gajah85 and bidor. - So far I have not got behind " ta' tau, don't know."
Possibly something can be made out of the following table of weight which I have pieced np from a string of statements made by, Pa Lani. The last has a slight discrepancy which shows that the verbal equivalent was out by 21 kati.36 sa87 pšnjara
= 10 tahils dua pě njuru
= sa piak = 1 kati 4 tahil [1] kati] empat po njuru
dua piak = ss suku = 24 kati lapan pěnjuru
= ěmpat piak
= dua suku = sa jampal = 5 kati 16 pěnjuru
= 8 pisk = 4 suku
- 2 jampal = sa ringgit = 10 kati of tin 2 kěping (slabs)
= 75 kati 4 keping
= tengahd1289 pikul
= 150 kati 8 keping
= sa bahara = 300 kati 2 koping 5 jampal = sa pikal = 100 kati 7 jampal
= sa képing = 881 kati The bidor or suku (quarter dollar) will go into this bullion currency," but the crocodile of which 20 went to the dollar will not.02
* This provides a soale : 50 duit ayam 1 buaya
= 6 centa 2 buaya 1 tampang or kupang = 10 conto 21 tampanga 1 suku
25 cents 4 suku = 1 dollar
=100 cents It shows also that 1,000 duit ayam or kaping went to the dollar, and thus provides the required equivalence between the silver dollar money soale and the tin currency soale above stated, as in either case 1,000 köping wont to the upper unit of the scale.
# Models of praying mantis, fowl, orocodilo and elophant. * Should be 14 kati : see table below.
ono: dua two! empat - four: lapan eight. # 16 tahil = 1 kati.
That is one and a half pikul - 150 katt: therefore 1 pikul - 100 kati. Three pikul - one bahan. The bati is 1 tbs: therefore the bahara is 400 lbs., or the remodelled British weight. 1 An error of 14 kati us the këping (slab) should on this table consist of 37 kati.
See ante, p. 90. Because the above table represents the old Dutch scale, which works out at 6t conta to the peruru, and the buaya of 5 cents is reckoned on the modern British scale.
