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  2. History of measurement systems in India - Wikipedia

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    The Mughal measurement system measured land in terms of gaz and bigha. [3] The measure of agricultural output was the man . [ 3 ] Todar Mal's reforms were resisted by large land holders in India, following which the land of these zamindars was placed under the control of the Mughal treasury. [ 3 ]

  3. Vahana - Wikipedia

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    The vahana also represents the devotee's mind which allows the deity to guide the devotee. Durga the warrioress could not have destroyed the demon Mahishasura without the aid of her vehicle, lion, which was given by her father Himalaya, for the stated purpose.

  4. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A system of units of measurement, also known as a system of units or system of measurement, is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating them to each other. Systems of measurement have historically been important, regulated and defined for the purposes of science and commerce .

  5. Indian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    During his reign, the Mughal emperor Akbar realized a need for a uniform system, and used the weight of the barley corn as a standard. This did not replace the existing system; rather, it simply added another system of measurement. When the British first began trading in India, they accepted barley corn as a unit for weighing gold.

  6. History of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Detail of a cubit rod in the Museo Egizio of Turin The earliest recorded systems of weights and measures originate in the 3rd or 4th millennium BC. Even the very earliest civilizations needed measurement for purposes of agriculture, construction and trade. Early standard units might only have applied to a single community or small region, with every area developing its own standards for ...

  7. Imperial and US customary measurement systems - Wikipedia

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    In the BG system, force, rather than mass has a base unit while the slug is a derived unit of inertia (rather than mass). [54] On the other hand, the EE system uses a different approach and introduces the acceleration due to gravity (g) into its equations. Both these approaches led to slight variations in the meaning of the pound-force (and ...

  8. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    The metric system is a system of measurement that standardizes a set of base units and a nomenclature for describing relatively large and small quantities via decimal-based multiplicative unit prefixes.

  9. Outline of the metric system - Wikipedia

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    "The metric system is for all people for all time." (Condorcet 1791) Four objects used in making measurements in everyday situations that have metric calibrations are shown: a tape measure calibrated in centimetres, a thermometer calibrated in degrees Celsius, a kilogram mass, and an electrical multimeter which measures volts, amps and ohms.