Indian Bazaar Weight | Bengal Bazaar Weight | Jeweller's Weight | Indian time | Indian Liquid Measure | ||||
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4 sikis =1 tola 5 sikis = 1 kancha 4 kancha = 1 chatak 4 chataks = 1 powah 4 powahs=1 seer 5 seers = 1 pasari 8 pasaris = 1 maund 40 seers = 1 maund | 5 chataks = 1 kunka 2 kunkas = 1 kunchi 2 kunchis = 1 rek 2 reks = 1 pali 2 palis = 1 done 2 dones = 1 kati 8 katis = 1 arhi 20 arhis = 1 bish 16 bishes = 1 kahan 16 palis = 1 maund 8 dones = 1 maund 20 dones = 1 sali | 4 dhans = 1 rati 6 ratis = 1 anna 8 ratis = 1 masha 12 mashas = 1 tola or bhari16 annas = 1 tola | 60 anupal = 1 vipal 60 vipal= 1 pal 60 pal = 1 dundo 60 dundo = 1 deen 7 deen = 1 hafta 30 deen = 1 mahina 12 mahina = 1 baras | 4 chataks = 1 powah 4 powahs = 1 seer 40 seers = 1 maund | ||||
Bengal Lineal Measure | Bengal Grain Measure | Bengal Physician's Weight | Bengal Cloth Measure | Bombay Bazaar Measure | ||||
3 jaubs = 1 angali 4 angalis = 1 musti 3 mustis = bitasti 2 bitastis = 1 hat 2 hats = 1 gaz 2 gazes = 1 dhanu 2000 dhanu = 1 kosh 4 koshes = 1 yojan | 5 chataks = 1 koonkee 4 koonkees = 1 raik 32 raiks = 1 maund | 4 dhans = 1 rati 10 ratis = 1 masha 12 mashas = 1 tola | 3 angulis = 1 girah 8 girahs = 1 hath 2 haths = 1 gaz | 36 tanks = 1 tipari 2 tiparis = 1 seer 4 seers = 1 payli 16 paylis = 1 phara 8 pharas = 1 kandi 25 pharas = 1 muda |
(The page is reproduced below, but the photocopy I worked from was poor and not all the text could be read; and the spellings are probably Anglicised.
At the time there were 13 Rupees and 5 Annas to the pound [sovereign]. 1 rupee = 16 annas; 1 anna = 4 pice =12 pies)
I also have the Indian Report on Decimal Currency and the Metric System, so I shall add some more from that later.
Table of Indian Weights and Measures, from the back page of an exercise book, under the Raj