Catechu (kutha)
- British colonial
An 1825 British survey lists 'kutha' among the goods taxed when they left Cuttack. The survey explains that kutha is the thick, dried juice of the khair tree, used for tanning leather and for dyeing.
Kutha, a thick juice squeezed from the khair tree, was taxed as it left Cuttack for tanning leather.
An 1825 British survey lists “kutha” among the goods taxed on leaving Cuttack. Kutha is the thick, dried juice of the khair tree. People used it for tanning leather and for dyeing. [Stirling, 1825, p. 194]
For scholars
Only one source documents this, so the tier stops at Probable. Stirling’s list names goods taxed on leaving Cuttack district. That is not proof of a sea export. [Stirling, 1825, p. 194]
Facts
- Category
- Other
- Direction
- Exported from Kalinga
Scholar notes
Only one source documents this, so the tier stops at Probable. Stirling's list is of goods taxed on leaving Cuttack district, which is not the same as proof of a maritime export.
- Andrew Stirling. *An Account, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of Orissa Proper or Cuttack*. in Asiatic Researches 15. 1825. public domain , p. 194 (Exports liable to duty include "kut'h (the inspissated juice of the khayar or mimosa chadira)", alongside bees wax, iron, oil, lac, stone plates and sal timber.)