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Madras pagoda–fanam accounting

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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]

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  1. Henry Davison Love · Vestiges of Old Madras, vol. I (1913)
  2. Parvathi Menon · The Carnatic Debts and the Agrarian Crisis of the Eighteenth Century

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“Madras pagoda–fanam accounting.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V37-MADRAS-PAGODA.html

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