MINOR DIVISIONS OF TIME. 



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SINDHEE HINDOO DATS. 



STNDIIEE MAHOMEDAN DATS. 



Tbe minor divisions of time in Sindb are : 

 1st, Pabur . . . . Watcbes ; of wbicb tbere 

 are eigbt in our twenty- 

 four bours. 

 2nd, Gburry . .Hours ; equal to about 

 twenty-four minutes of 

 our time. 



3rd, Pul Moments ; of wbicb tbere 



are sixty in tbe Gburree. 

 Time is calculated at Kbyrpoor by a water 

 clock very similar to tbat of tbe ancients. 

 Tbe following description of tliis instrument 

 is to be found in tbe Ayeen Akbcry : ''Tbey 

 make a vessel of brass, or any otbcr metal, 

 100 tanks (about two-tbirds of a seer) in wcigbt. 

 It is tbe sliape of a cup, narrow downwards, 

 and perforated at tbe bottom, so as just to 



