Tank (unit)

British Indian
units of mass

Mughal Empire

| 1 maund | = | 40 seers

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1 seer | = | 30 dams
1 dam | = | 5 tanks
1 tank | = | 3 mashas
1 masha | = | 8 ruttees

Bengal Presidency

| 1 maund | = | 8 passerees

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1 passeree | = | 5 seers
1 seer | = | 16 chitaks
1 chitak | = | 5 tolas
1 tola | = | 12 mashas
1 masha | = | 8 rattis
1 ratti | = | 4 dhans
Regulation VII 1833 fixed the mass of one tola as 180 troy grains
(11.663 8038 grams)

Bombay Presidency

| 1 candy | = | 20 maunds

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1 maund | = | 40 seers
1 seer | = | 72 tanks
The maund was fixed at 28 pounds avoirdupois (¼ hundredweight)
(12.700 586 36 kilograms)

Madras Presidency

| 1 candy | = | 20 maunds

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1 maund | = | 8 vis
1 vis | = | 5 seers
1 seer | = | 8 pollums
1 pollum | = | 10 pagodas
The maund was fixed at 25 pounds avoirdupois
(11.339 809 25 kilograms)

A tank is an obsolete unit of mass in India approximately equal to 4.4 g (69 gr). After metrication in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete.

In Mumbai (formerly Bombay), the tank equalled 17 1/72 grains (about 1.1 grams), and 72 tanks equalled 30 pice. In the 16th century, the tank was reported to be 20.96 g (323.46 grain).[citation needed]

## See also

* List of customary units of measurement in South Asia

## References

"Tank". http://www.sizes.com/units/tank.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-19.

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