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rupee, 179.666 troy grains. For the larger weights used in commerce (in the Bengal
Presidency), the variation in the pre-1833 standards was found to be greater than the adjustment.
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491:(ruttee) seeds, and its exact weight varied according to locality. However, it is also a convenient mass for a coin: several pre-colonial coins, including the currency of
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system of weights and measures introduced in 1833, although it had been in use for much longer. It was also used in
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Silver rupee coins, issued by the
British East India Company, were a practical standard for the tola.
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the Great (1556–1605), had a mass of "one tola" within slight variation. The first
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1090:Gulf rupee
1032:Kutch kori
996:Setu coins
726:2008-05-04
606:References
600:Troy ounce
551:Bangladesh
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567:Singapore
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747:Nature
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277:maunds
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173:mashas
159:chitak
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1180:Dinar
1155:Mohur
1135:Paisa
774:S2CID
559:Nepal
555:India
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493:Akbar
489:Ratti
473:tolaḥ
460:Vedic
426:grams
397:tolah
369:Hindi
315:= 10
297:seers
283:maund
275:= 20
273:candy
245:tanks
243:= 72
235:seers
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231:maund
223:= 20
221:candy
193:dhans
189:ratti
179:masha
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163:tolas
151:= 16
143:seers
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102:masha
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468:तोलः
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407:and
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392:tolā
381:تولا
377:Urdu
373:तोला
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