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As for slaves; a new-born male infant ranks at three rupees, a female at two; a boy is worth ten rupees, a girl seven; when arrived at puberty a man is worth thirty rupees, a woman twenty. The value of the body of a dead slave is ten rupees.
With regard to animals; an elephant is worth ioo rupees, a horse fifty, a buffalo three, an ox. two, and a pig two. A goat, a peacock, a dog, and similar animals are worth the quarter of a rupee, and the price diminishes in proportion to the smallness of the animal.
A rupee of gold is equal to twenty-five of silver; and a rupee of silver to fifty of lead.
The price for daily labour is a quarter or the eighth part of a rupee for a woman, and twice as much for a man. But at the present day these prices have very much varied from the ancient standard.
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