Definizione

• An Indian weight, chiefly of gold or silver. The derivation is probably from the Sanscrit tuta, a balance, or tul, to weigh, to lift up.

  In 1833 a regulation was passed for al- tering the weight of the new Farru- khabad Rupee, and for assimilating it to the legal currency of the Madras and Bom- bay Presidencies, also for adjusting the weight of the Calcutta Sicca Rupee.

  The weight of the Farrukhabad Rupee was introduced as the unit of a general system of weights for government transac- tions throughout India under the native denomination of the Tola.

  The following scale was adopted : 8 Rattis = 1 Masha = 1"> troy grains. 12 Mnshns = 1 Tola = ISO troy grains. 80 Tolas (sicca weight) = 1 Beer or Slhr = 2>/j lbs. troy. 40 Seers = l Mun. or Bazar Maund = loo lbs. troy.

Fonte

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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