Corgee
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Short description: Obsolete unit of mass
A corgee is an obsolete unit of mass equal to 212 moodahs[check spelling], or rush mat bundles of rice. The unit was used in the Canara (now Kanara) region of Karnataka in India .
See also
- List of customary units of measurement in South Asia
- List of obsolete units of measurement
References
"Corgee". http://www.sizes.com/units/corgee.htm.
Further reading
- Official and Descriptive Catalogue of the Madras Exhibition of 1855. 1855. https://books.google.com/books?id=G5ZeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR16. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corgee.
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