Madras pagoda–fanam accounting
Madras pagoda–fanam accounting: a historical unit of account.
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The story
Madras accounts in 1683 count 36 fanams per pagoda. The 1717 general-book reform changes cash subdivisions within the account, rather than creating a new currency. [1]
A December 1766 list of Carnatic debts totals 2, 229, 650 Star pagodas, providing an explicit liability witness. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Henry Davison Love · Vestiges of Old Madras, vol. I (1913) C2042 ↗
- Parvathi Menon · The Carnatic Debts and the Agrarian Crisis of the Eighteenth Century C2043 ↗
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“Madras pagoda–fanam accounting.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V37-MADRAS-PAGODA.html