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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
March l6\
State ef agri-
culture in the
open part of
Hoonda,
CHAPTER that a valuation of all the country between Nagara and Vereda,
xvn- both included, and said to have been made by the orders of Krishna
Rdyaru, appears to have been conducted by a Jain officer, Gopa
Gauda. This valuation is engraved on stone at Balagami, or Bala-
gavi; and a copy of it, which I procured from Madu Linga, accom-
panies the other inscriptions.
The next inscription is in a temple at Banawasi, and is dated
Paradavi, Sal 1474, in the reign of Vencatadri Deva Maha Ray a.
The last inscription also is engraven on a stone at Banawdsi, and
dated Vilumbi of Sal. 1501, in the reign of Imudy Arasuppa Nayaka
ofSudha, which confirms the chronology of the Guru of that family
in the account which he gave me while I was at their capital.
Having assembled the cultivators in presence of the officers of
government, they gave me the following account of the state of
agriculture; which may be considered as applicable to the eastern
and more open parts of Soonda.
Every village has a different measure for grain : that in use here
is as follows:
One Candaca contains 20 Bullas ; 1 Bulla 4 Seers. The Seer, when
heaped as usual, contains 76§- cubical inches. The Candaca, there-
fore, is equal to 2TVVo bushels. By this Candaca, the farmers esti-
mate the seed and produce; but they sell rough rice by another,
the Bulla of which is equal to 80 Seers, or which contains 56-^
bushels. The value of this at present is 6 Pagodas, which is at the
rate of lO^V pence a bushel. Rice again, when freed from the
husk, is sold by a Candaca whose Bulla contains 32 Seers, or which
is equal to 22^ bushels. This at present sells for 6^ Pagodas, or 25
Rupees ; which is at the rate of 2*. 1\d. the bushel, and is said to
be higher than the price at Seringapatam. The difference of price
shows the enormous expense which attends the operation of re-
moving the husks, owing to the ignorance of mechanism among
the natives; for only one half of rough rice consists of husk.
Here, and all toward the east side of Soonda Rayada, the great
Grain mea
sures.
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234
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
March l6\
State ef agri-
culture in the
open part of
Hoonda,
CHAPTER that a valuation of all the country between Nagara and Vereda,
xvn- both included, and said to have been made by the orders of Krishna
Rdyaru, appears to have been conducted by a Jain officer, Gopa
Gauda. This valuation is engraved on stone at Balagami, or Bala-
gavi; and a copy of it, which I procured from Madu Linga, accom-
panies the other inscriptions.
The next inscription is in a temple at Banawasi, and is dated
Paradavi, Sal 1474, in the reign of Vencatadri Deva Maha Ray a.
The last inscription also is engraven on a stone at Banawdsi, and
dated Vilumbi of Sal. 1501, in the reign of Imudy Arasuppa Nayaka
ofSudha, which confirms the chronology of the Guru of that family
in the account which he gave me while I was at their capital.
Having assembled the cultivators in presence of the officers of
government, they gave me the following account of the state of
agriculture; which may be considered as applicable to the eastern
and more open parts of Soonda.
Every village has a different measure for grain : that in use here
is as follows:
One Candaca contains 20 Bullas ; 1 Bulla 4 Seers. The Seer, when
heaped as usual, contains 76§- cubical inches. The Candaca, there-
fore, is equal to 2TVVo bushels. By this Candaca, the farmers esti-
mate the seed and produce; but they sell rough rice by another,
the Bulla of which is equal to 80 Seers, or which contains 56-^
bushels. The value of this at present is 6 Pagodas, which is at the
rate of lO^V pence a bushel. Rice again, when freed from the
husk, is sold by a Candaca whose Bulla contains 32 Seers, or which
is equal to 22^ bushels. This at present sells for 6^ Pagodas, or 25
Rupees ; which is at the rate of 2*. 1\d. the bushel, and is said to
be higher than the price at Seringapatam. The difference of price
shows the enormous expense which attends the operation of re-
moving the husks, owing to the ignorance of mechanism among
the natives; for only one half of rough rice consists of husk.
Here, and all toward the east side of Soonda Rayada, the great
Grain mea
sures.
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