A masha is a traditional
India
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n unit of
mass
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, now standardized as .
Grain is usually taken is
rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly '' Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domestica ...
8 grains of rice = 1
Ratti
8 Ratti = 1
Masha
12 Masha = 1
Tola
5 Tola = 1
chatank
16
chatank = 1
Saer (kg)
1 saer =1000 gram and 40 saer = 1 mann (now a day says 40 kg= 1mann)
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Mann
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= 1
Ton (1000 KG)
Before "rice" is "khas khas"that is poppyseed. It is "8 khaskhas = 1 chawal(rice) "
Units of mass
Customary units in India
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