Hat'h
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Short description: An obsolete unit of length in India
A hat'h (hath, hand, cubit, moolum or mulam[1]) is an obsolete unit of length in India equal to 24 angli (approximately 18 inches) or 2 hat'h to a gaz (approximately 1 yard).[2] The unit was used in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and in Bengal After metrication in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete.
See also
- List of customary units of measurement in South Asia
References
- ↑ Paulinus (S Bartholomaeo) (1800), A voyage to the East Indies (etc.): containing an account of the manners, customs, &c. of the natives, with a geographical description of the country. Collected from observations made during a residence of thirteen years, between 1776 and 1789, in districts little frequented by the Europeans, J. Davis, p. 80, https://books.google.com/books?id=G4mH8jO8cscC
- ↑ Street's Indian And Colonial Mercantile Directory, 1869, p. 23, https://books.google.com/books?id=yPENAAAAQAAJ
External links
- "Hat'h". http://www.sizes.com/units/hath.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat'h.
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