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VI.— Conversion of British 
British Indian 
Dhan 
th? Tola 
e= || Grain 
The unit of British Indian Weig\ 
Milligrammes. Centigrammes. 
= 30*37451 3*03745 
Rati 
= 
uV »» 
= if- Grains 
= 121*49803 
12-14980 
Masha 
— 
ITS »» 
= 15 >, 
e= - 971*98426 
97 ' 19843 
Tola 
= 
I •> 
= 180 „ 
=s 11663*81107 
ii 66 ' 38 iii 
Chhatak 
— 
5 Tolas 
= 900 „ 
= 583 I 9*05533 
5831-90533 
Ser (Seer 
— 
80 ,, 
= 2 lbs 400 Grains avoir. 
= 933 I 04*88524 
93310-48852 
Man (Maund) 
= 
3,200 „ 
= 82?- fljs Avoir, looffis. Troy 
= 
37324 19 'S 4095 
t 
Under Bengal Regulation VII of 1833, the only legalised British Indian weights are the Tola , of 180 grains Troy; the 
and their values vary considerably in different parts of India; those stated in the table are given by Prinsep ( Useful T ables , 
Multi 
Dhans 
Batis 
Mashas 
Tolas 
to 
to 
to 
to 
Milligrammes. 
Milligrammes. 
Milligrammes. 
Grammes, 
Grammes. 
Decagrammes. 
Kilogrammes. 
= 30*375 
121*498 
971-984 
0*972 
II*664 
I* l66 
0*012 
= 60*749 
242*996 
1943*969 
1*944 
23*328 
2*333 
0-023 
e: 91*124 
364*494 
29 1 5 '953 
2*916 
34*991 
3*499 
0035 
=5 121*498 
485*992 
3887-937 
3*888 
46*655 
4*666 
0047 
= 151*873 
607*490 
4859-921 
4*860 
58*319 
5*832 
0058 
= 182*247 
728*988 
5831-906 
5*832 
69*983 
6*998 
0*070 
= 212*622 
850*486 
6803*890 
6*8 o 4 
81*647 
8* 165 
0*082 
— 242*996 
971*984 
7775*874 
7*776 
93*3io 
9*331 
0093 
= 273*37* 
1093*482 
8747*858 
8*748 
104*974 
10*497 
0*105 
= 303*745 
1214*980 
9719'843 
9*720 
1 16*638 
1 1 664 
0*117 
Metric 
Dhans. 
Batis. 
Mashas. 
Milligramme 
Centigramme 
Decigramme 
Gramme 
Decagramme 
Hectogramme 
Kilogramme 
Myriagramme 
Quintal 
Millier or Tonne 
0*03292 
0*32922 
3*29223 
32*92234 
329*22344 
3292*23440 
32922*34398 
0*00823 
008331 
0*82306 
8*23059 
82*30586 
823*05860 
8230*58599 
0*00103 
0*01029 
0*I02S8 
1*02882 
10*28823 
102*88232 
1028*82325 
10288*23249 
102882*32493 
Multi 
Grammes 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
io 
Dhans. Batis. 
32*922 8*231 
65*845 16*461 
98*767 24*692 
131*689 33*92* 
164*612 41**53 
197*534 49’ 3*- 
230*456 57*& x *. 
263*379 65*84- 
296*301 74*075 
329*223 82*306 
to 
Mashas. 
Tolas, 
1*029 
o*o86 
2*058 
0*171 
3*086 
0*257 
4*115 
o*343 
5*144 
0*429 
6*173 
o*5t4 
7*202 
o*6oo 
8*231 
0*686 
9*259 
0*772 
10*288 
0*857 
Chhataks. 
Sers. 
0*017 
0*0011 
0034 
0*0021 
0*051 
0*0032 
0*069 
0*0043 
0*086 
0*0054 
0*103 
0.0064 
0*120 
o*oo/5 
o*i37 
0*0086 
0*154 
0*0096 
o*i 7 i 
0*0107 
Approximate Equivalents . 
1 Rati is nearly if decigrammes (about *035 less). 
1 Masha is nearly 1 gramme (about *028 less). 
1 Tola is nearly nf grammes (about *003 less). 
1 Ser is nearly 1 kilogramme (about *067 less). 
1 Man is nearly 3? myriagrammes (about *018 less). 
,, 37^ kilogrammes (about *009 less). 
1 Decigramme is nearly of a tola, or 3s dhans (about *04 less). 
1 Gramme is nearly 1 masna or of a tola (about ’029 more). 
1 Decagramme is about ££ of a tola (about *007 more). . , . . . 
1 Hectogramme is about 8$ tolas (about *074 more) or nearly if chhataks (about 035 less). 
1 Kilogramme is nearly 8sf tolas (about *015 less) or about 1 ser (about *072 more). 
1 Quintal is about 2$ mans (about *0125 more). 
1 Millier or Tonne is nearly 26| mans (about *008 less). 
