Vol. eee 1.] The Weighing Beam called Bis& danga. 13: 
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collected from Madura: one iron beam from Punjab, and the 
other a well-turned wooden one from Dacca. There exist two 
more of such beams in the collection, one from Chitia Nagpur 
and the other labelled ‘‘ India. *? The only clue about this latter 
beam is the name ‘ taraju ”’ in the register under which it is 
entered. T'araju means in Uria a scale beam with equal arms. 
obtaine 
The Chitia N agpur beam is the most primitive one in the 
whole collection ; unfortunately there is no record to show the 
name of the District from which it was obtained, nor of the 
race of people among whom it was seen used. The name 
**tula’’ on the label may indicate the local name, the word 
being evidently derived from the Sankrit word tul=scale beams 
or measure. The total length of this beam is slightly over a 
foot—only 31 cm. in all: it is made of a heavy wood probably 
Sdl. The whole beam is divided sharply into two portions—a 
round broad portion of 17 cm. in length with 3 cm. to 3-5 cm. 
being a complete ring-mark round the beam. Near the free 
of the narrow limb of the beam is a hole through which a 
by 12°5 cm. and suspended from the hole near the free end of 
the narrow portion of the beam by two pieces of string passed 
athy four holes at the four corners of the rough oblong piece 
the wooden pan. By actual weighing the values of the 
aavlines of the scale have been ascertained with reference to. 
' standard folas, but what was the original unit with reference to 
the inscribed scale it is impossible to say. In the following list 
cut grooves are numbered with reference to the broad 
portion of the beam, i.e. the nearest groove to the see portion 
is termed first and one next to it as second, and so o 
First cut groove .. Zero—stands for the Jan of the 
pan. 
Second sj .. Two tolds of standard weight. 
Third ne BOOP Es a we 
Fourth Ne Pa me os i 
Fifth o ie a ye an oe 
Sixth 4 ee. Wee Ly 3 
is ee to note that the Dacca beam fefeead and 
described by Dr. Annandale in the Memoirs above referred to 
resembles closely the Chitia Nagpur beam in the marking of the 
