| British Indian units of mass |
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Mughal Empire - 1 maund = 40 seers
- 1 seer = 30 dams
- 1 dam = 5 tanks
- 1 tank = 3 mashas
- 1 masha = 8 ruttees
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Bengal Presidency - 1 maund = 8 passerees
- 1 passeree = 5 seers
- 1 seer = 16 chitaks
- 1 chitak = 5 tolas
- 1 tola = 12 mashas
- 1 masha = 8 rattis
- 1 ratti = 4 dhans
Regulation VII 1833 fixed the mass of one tola as 180 troy grains ( 11.663 8038 grams) |
Bombay Presidency - 1 candy = 20 maunds
- 1 maund = 40 seers
- 1 seer = 72 tanks
The maund was fixed at 28 pounds avoirdupois (¼ hundredweight) ( 12.700 586 36 kilograms) |
Madras Presidency - 1 candy = 20 maunds
- 1 maund = 8 vis
- 1 vis = 5 seers
- 1 seer = 8 pollums
- 1 pollum = 10 pagodas
The maund was fixed at 25 pounds avoirdupois ( 11.339 809 25 kilograms) |
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A passeree is an obsolete unit of mass used in Bengal that approximately equalled 4.677 kg (10.3 lb). Five seers made up one passeree. After metrication in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete.
See also
References
"Passeree". Sizes. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
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